Marshfield DPW Awards Six Contracts Totaling Over $145,000 at July 6 Meeting
Marshfield's Board of Public Works awarded six service contracts and received a stark budget briefing at its July 6 meeting at 965 Plain Street.
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Obituary notices, week of June 29, 2026 through July 5, 2026
One Marshfield obituary was recorded for the week of June 29–July 5, 2026: Martin, William Alexander, 86, of Marshfield, died July 2, 2026. No additional biographical detail was available in the source obituary beyond his birth in Boston on November 13, 1939. The notice was posted throu…
Marshfield Conservation Commission Denies Pier Variance for 121 Brand View Road Property
Marshfield Conservation Commission denied a variance for a 135-foot residential pier on Littles Creek and issued a formal enforcement order after a contractor illegally cleared roughly one-third of an acre of trees on town-owned conservation buffer land.
Marshfield Conservation Commission Denies Pier Variance for 121 Brand View Road Property
MARSHFIELD — July 1, 2026 — Marshfield Conservation Commission denied a variance for a 135-foot residential pier on Littles Creek and issued a formal enforcement order after a contractor illegally cleared roughly one-third of an acre of trees on town-owned conservation buffer land. The commission voted 4-1 to
Marshfield ZBA Upholds Airport Buffer Violation, Orders Commission to Return with Site Plan
Marshfield's Zoning Board of Appeals upheld a building commissioner's violation against the Marshfield Airport Commission for illegally clearing a residential vegetative buffer at the town's airport.
Marshfield Select Board Votes to Grant $32,000 to Plymouth County Opioid Outreach Program
MARSHFIELD — June 29, 2026 — Marshfield Select Board awards $32,000 in opioid settlement funds to Plymouth County Outreach and clears a dense agenda of property deals and permits. The 2-0 vote came after Opioid Fund Committee member Mary Price and Plymouth County Outreach Executive Director Vicki Butler told the
Marshfield Waterways Committee Reelects Officers, Weighs Mandatory Mooring Insurance
MARSHFIELD — June 25, 2026 — Marshfield Waterways Committee reelects officers and advances discussion of mandatory mooring insurance. The committee unanimously returned Michael Dulac to the chair, with Bill Kerrigan as vice chair and Paula Lent as secretary. Members debated whether to follow Scituate's recently adopted requirement that all mooring
Drosopoulos Family Withdraws Brant Rock Mixed-Use Variance Application Without Prejudice
MARSHFIELD — June 23, 2026 — A proposed 36-unit mixed-use development on the Brant Rock Esplanade was withdrawn without prejudice Tuesday after the Marshfield Zoning Board of Appeals signaled it would not support all three variances the project requires. The ZBA voted 4-1 to allow the Drosopoulos family — operators
Marshfield Athletic Subcommittee Eyes Sub-Varsity Cuts Amid $4.5 Million Budget Gap
MARSHFIELD — June 23, 2026 — Marshfield's Athletic Subcommittee reviewed a sport-by-sport spending report and weighed cutting freshman and JV sports programs as the district faces a budget gap exceeding $4.5 million. Athletic Director Battis presented fiscal year 2025-26 data showing $746,139 in expenditures to
Marshfield Select Board Extends Interim Town Administrator Through August 15
Marshfield's two-member Select Board extended interim Town Administrator Peter Morin's contract through August 15 and made more than 30 board and committee reappointments, but remained deadlocked on the town's permanent leadership at its June 22 meeting. Chair Rick Smith and member R.