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Select Board, Schools warn of $2.8M gap
Marshfield's Select Board and School Committee warn of a $2.8 million budget gap in first joint meeting. From our own coverage: Select Board, Schools warn of $2.8 million budget gap; Advisory board weighs Brant Rock rezoning repeal fight. Also in today's brief (6 items): Marshfield girl…
From Marshfield News
- Select Board, Schools warn of $2.8 million budget gap. Marshfield's Select Board and School Committee held their first joint meeting after Town Administrator Langell projected a $2.8 million gap under the town's new revenue-sharing deal, with Superintendent Dr. Sullivan citing 95 positions cut over three years.Marshfield News
- Advisory board weighs Brant Rock rezoning repeal fight. Marshfield's joint Select Board and Advisory Board took up a petition to repeal the Brant Rock Village Overlay District, pitting residents who warn of flood-prone overbuilding against developer Paul Halkiotis, who said repeal would kill a $25 million project.Marshfield News
- Planning board warns ZBA variance trend erodes its power. Marshfield's Planning Board weighed a special permit for a mixed-use project at 745 Webster Street while Town Planner Karen Horn flagged an unprecedented Zoning Board of Appeals variance that Vice Chair Katharine O'Donnell warned could strip the board's own power.Marshfield News
- DPW awards contracts, fields Brant Rock seawall plea. Marshfield's Board of Public Works approved a batch of contracts including a bulldozer-services extension and a wastewater treatment plant sewer main redesign, as residents Mary Murphy and Ruby Estabrook pressed for a Brant Rock seawall partnership the board said doesn't fit current state grant funding.Marshfield News
- Deputy Smith named acting fire chief. Marshfield's Select Board named Deputy Fire Chief Patrick Smith acting fire chief in a brief two-member session, with Vice Chair Eric Kelley presiding in Chair Rick Smith's absence, calling it the board's fastest meeting yet.Marshfield News
Coming up
- Tue, Oct 13: Marshfield girls soccer plays Whitman-Hanson Tuesday. Marshfield's girls soccer team faces Whitman-Hanson Regional in a non-conference match on Tuesday, October 13, according to MaxPreps.MaxPreps
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