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Our View: Progress Needed On Nauset Estuary

Orleans voters on Nov. 16 will be asked to support spending $300,000 in free cash for studies and other expenses necessary to establish a total maximum daily load (TMDL) of nitrogen for the Nauset Estuary, including Mill Pond. The request comes by way of a citizen petition from three residents who see the article as a way to move efforts to improve the estuary’s water quality forward, citing a lack of progress on behalf of the town.

Orleans, MA · 14h
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State rep race results still unclear one week out

Sarah Hewins, left, and state Rep. John Gaskey, right. File photos. One week after voters finished casting their ballots, the winner of the 2nd Plymouth district state representative race is still unclear. Incumbent state Rep. John Gaskey (R-Carver) has declared victory twice since Nov. 3 based on incomplete or unofficial tallies. However, the results, which are still not certified by the state, still show Gaskey’s Democratic challenger Sarah Hewins leading by a slim margin.

Wareham, MA · 1d
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Murky water dissuades Mattapoisett Town Meeting from approving new Water and Sewer Department building

MATTAPOISETT — With discolored, sediment-laden water flowing through the pipes of some Mattapoisett homes, residents asked the town to prioritize fixing pipes delivering water before building a new Water and Sewer Department building. Town Meeting shot down a proposal to borrow about $3 million to construct a new sewer...

Mattapoisett, MA · 2d
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Plymouth Lets Mayflower Meetinghouse Museum Work Resume After Change-of-Use Permit Scare

Work has been allowed to resume on converting the historic Mayflower Meetinghouse at Town Square into a museum, after Plymouth officials halted the project last month and only recently cleared the way for it to continue. The building's owners, the Mayflower Society, filed new paperwork seeking a formal change of use from church to museum, and the town's director of inspectional services responded by issuing a new commercial zoning permit allowing the work to resume.

Plymouth, MA · 1d
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New Bedford Little Learners Meet Their School Superheroes at Hayden McFadden’s Stranger Danger Day

New Bedford School Resource Officers partnered with teachers and staff at Hayden McFadden Elementary School last Thursday to hold a Stranger Danger event for kindergarten through second-grade students and their families. Students and families received safety tips, took part in discussions about stranger danger, and participated in hands-on activities. Police...

New Bedford, MA · 1d

The Standard-Times

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Parking and construction fuel frustration in New Bedford | Exclusive

NEW BEDFORD — Downtown New Bedford business owners say continued construction, detours and parking difficulties are making it harder to attract customers and keep their businesses profitable. For some, the closure of longtime restaurant Whaler’s Tavern has sharpened concerns about their own future. “It was difficult for locals to get to us. Never mind someone who is a tourist who’s not familiar,” said Kristen Brito. She worked at the tavern for nearly a decade before receiving the news in a text that they would be closing. “We had our customers, we had our regulars. We had our people that are feeling really sad about this,” she said. More: New Bedford Whaling Museum shares expansion plans for summer 2027 Brito believes construction for the New Bedford Whaling Museum expansion on North Water Street contributed significantly to the tavern’s difficulties. She said it wasn’t its sole cause, but the street was closed for 10 weeks during peak tourist season, making the restaurant harder to reach for both regular customers and visitors. “Construction killed the foot traffic and the road traffic,” she said. Visitors coming from the Whaling Museum also faced longer walks around closures, she said, creating a particular challenge for older

New Bedford, MA · 2d

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Flag Changers Turn Lifesavers: City of New Bedford Workers Revive Man in Cardiac Arrest

Two Department of Public Infrastructure employees, Doug Gross and Carlos Medina, revived a man who had gone into full cardiac arrest last month while they were changing a flag at East Beach. The workers heard someone in distress at a house across the street, ran over, and found the man...

New Bedford, MA · 1d

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Transformation Progresses at Century and Stuart Bogs

It’s not intuitive. When cranberry bogs are retired, repairing nature sometimes looks intrusive with big trucks and equipment on site. But it’s all very intentional: the water has been diverted for years and needs to find its way back to the flow that will benefit fish and wildlife and protect against flooding. And, left alone, invasive plants would overwhelm the former cranberry bogs. A clear design and workplan are necessary, and that often means moving mud with big trucks. You’ve seen that this fall at two projects: Stuart Bogs and Century Bogs.

Rochester, MA · 2d

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From cornhole to KitchenAids, Cape libraries loan out more than books

On a busy fall morning at the Osterville Village Library, executive director Cyndy Cotton showed off the library’s extensive collection of items you can check out that are not books. One of her favorites is a xylophone. “I just think that's so cool,” she said. “Where do you ever...

Bourne, MA · 1d

The Herald News

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National Grid offers Fall River homes free home battery systems

National Grid is launching a pilot program that will provide no-cost home battery systems to as many as 125 income-eligible households in the Fall River area. The BackupBattery+ program will offer systems with up to 45 kWh of battery storage, according to a community announcement. The batteries can provide at least four hours of backup power during outages while also helping reduce demand on the local electric grid when electricity use is high. National Grid is partnering with Haven Energy and Citizens for Citizens on outreach to eligible residents. The pilot is designed to test whether coordinated residential batteries can address local grid needs while expanding access to technology that can carry significant upfront costs. “BackupBattery+ will deliver a direct benefit to Fall River area customers, providing no-cost access to backup power and battery storage technologies that have traditionally been out of reach for many households,” said Steve Caldwell, vice president of Energy Efficiency and Clean Programs at National Grid. “This pilot will also help us test how coordinated home batteries can address local grid needs and learn whether this model can deliver meaningful value for participating households, the local community, and the broader electric system.” How the home battery

Fall River, MA · 1d

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Marion Town Meeting approves shared use path next steps, sewer upgrade

MARION — Next steps for a shared use path that will make Marion more bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly garnered some discussion at Town Meeting but were ultimately approved, along with sewer phosphorus removal upgrades. With minimal discussion, voters at the Nov. 9 Town Meeting approved transferring control of town-owned properties...

Marion, MA · 2d

Martha's Vineyard Times

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Safe Harbor Marina completes workforce housing

Roughly 10 people gathered outside of Safe Harbor Marina’s Vineyard Haven waterfront to commemorate the completion of new employee housing units on Tuesday morning. The $2.4 million project consists of two duplexes with a total of 10 bedrooms for year-round employees staffed at the marina’s locations in Edgartown and Vineyard Haven. Currently, there are 25 year-round employees between both locations.

Edgartown, MA · 23h

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Plymouth gears up for Thanksgiving

No place does Thanksgiving quite like Plymouth, where the history is synonymous with the town and can be sampled, celebrated and solemnly considered. From 17th-century feasts and a nationally recognized parade to music, waterfront festivities and a day of reflection, this week kicks off a host of events leading up to Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26.

Plymouth, MA · 2d

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Planning Board approves Fearing Hill solar farm "with deep regret"

A 2021 map of the proposed Fearing Hill solar farm. File photo. After years of controversy, legal proceedings and opposition from residents, the Planning Board voted Monday, Nov. 9 to approve a revised decision for the Fearing Hill solar farm. The vote brings a lengthy dispute over the project closer...

Rochester, MA · 2d

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Nantucket's Drought Downgraded To Level 1 "Mild" Status By State

The island had been under a Level 2 "significant" drought status for more than a year. Nantucket's long-running drought has begun to subside. The Massachusetts Drought Management Task Force on Monday announced that it had downgraded Nantucket's designation to a Level 1 "mild" drought. The island had been under a Level 2 "significant" drought status for more than a year.

Nantucket, MA · 17h

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Fall River City Council approves tax factor for FY2027 by 8-1 vote as property values rise

The Fall River City Council approved the city’s fiscal year 2027 tax classification factor at Tuesday’s meeting after the Board of Assessors recommend the maximum allowable shift of 1.75. The Council by a vote of 8-1 (Peckham being the lone no vote) approved the 1.75 factor which puts...

Fall River, MA · 4h

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Hearing on County Road solar project continued to December

The Planning Board opened a public hearing on Monday, Nov. 9 for a proposed large-scale solar installation at 320 County Road, but postponed discussion of the project until December. Parallel Products Solar Energy LLC is seeking a site plan review special permit to construct the installation at an existing sand...

Wareham, MA · 2d

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Suicide prevention program to be run from local veterans center

A nonprofit human services group has been awarded a $750,000 federal grant to help reduce suicides among veterans in Plymouth and eastern Massachusetts. Volunteers of America Massachusetts – which runs the Plymouth Area Veterans Center – will use the grant funding to focus on veterans who have become more isolated as they age.

Plymouth, MA · 18h

CBS Boston

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What's closed and what's open on Veterans Day today?

Here's a look at what's open and what's closed on Veterans Day today in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts · 8h

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Two golden retrievers ‘assist' Hingham firefighters during medical call

Two golden retrievers tried to lend a paw to firefighters responding to a medical emergency in Hingham, Massachusetts, on Thursday, according to the firefighters union. The dogs walked up to the crew “to assist with medical care,” a post from Hingham Firefighters Local 2398 said. The dogs had...

Hingham, MA · 3d