North Attleborough
North Attleborough, MA · Municipal
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Quincy council takes up surveillance rules, Granite Links lease
QUINCY ‒ City councilors on Monday, Nov. 9, will hold a public hearing on police surveillance technology and tackle a resolution urging state lawmakers not to extend Granite Links' lease of roughly 240 acres of public land into the 22nd century without more extensive financial analysis. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. with a public hearing on an ordinance proposed by Councilors Ziqiang Susan Yuan and Virginia Ryan that would require public input and council approval before the city adopts certain surveillance technologies, including automated license plate readers, facial recognition and systems that can track people or vehicles. The Ordinance Committee will take up the proposal at 6:30 p.m., and the full council could vote on the measure later in the evening. Councilors will also debate a resolution opposing efforts by state legislators to extend the Granite Links lease until 2107 through a rider to the 2026 supplemental appropriations bill, which is still pending on Beacon Hill. The measure calls for an independent financial analysis before the city makes a new long-term commitment involving roughly 240 acres of public land. Other agenda items include elected-official pay, cybersecurity oversight, a proposed independent whistleblower and anti-retaliation policy for city employees, and Mayor
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Hale closes roads, parking lots
Hale Reservation, which was featured on a recent Hometown Weekly front page as a preferred social distancing locale, has temporarily shut down its roads and parking lots. "In consultation with the Board of Health, we determined that it is in our community’s best interest to join fellow organizations in closing our roads and parking lots, effective tomorrow, Friday, March 27," wrote Executive Director Eric Arnold. "Please do not drive to Hale this weekend. Also know that visitors who illegally park on roads in Westwood and Dover may be subject to ticketing and fines. Trails may still be accessed on foot and by bicycle."
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Museum work allowed to resume
A monthlong dispute with town officials that forced a temporary shutdown on construction of a museum conversion at the Mayflower Meetinghouse appears to be over. Work has been allowed to resume after the building’s owners filed new paperwork. Town officials had ordered construction stopped in October on the historic...
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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...
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What Milton’s Special Town Meeting decided on the $11.75M Labouré campus, and upcoming Special Election
Town Meeting approved the purchase at the October Special Town Meeting. Voters decide in a town-wide special election on Tuesday, Dec. 15. Milton’s plan to buy the former Labouré College campus at 303 Adams Street cleared its first major hurdle on Monday, Oct. 19, when Special Town Meeting voted 168–45 to let the Select Board buy the property for $11.75 million and borrow the money to pay for it. That is well over the two-thirds majority the vote needed.