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Government · Select Board

SOUTHRIDGE DRIVE LAYOUT APPROVED; ROAD HEADS TO TOWN MEETING

Select Board approves road layout and intermunicipal agreements. The board voted unanimously to approve the layout of Southridge Drive as a town way at its September 28 meeting, with the matter heading to Town Meeting on October 7 for voter acceptance.

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Government · Board of Health

Health Board Approves Job Description, Four Consultants

East Bridgewater Board of Health adopts revised health agent job description, hires four firms to cover vacancy. Chair Rob Lyons led Vice Chair Tom Duquette Jr. and Clerk Andrew Hudson through HR- and attorney-requested edits to the job description, which the board approved 3-0.

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Government · Board of Health

Health Agent Resigns, Board Sets Three-Week Job Search

East Bridgewater's health agent resigns effective immediately, leaving the Board of Health scrambling for coverage. Chair Rob Lyons told the board Monday the agent, identified only as Mike, quit at 4:30 p.m. that day, cutting short a planned transition period.

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Government · Planning Board

Planning Board Recommends 12-Month Data Center Halt

East Bridgewater Planning Board calls for 12-month freeze on data centers. The board voted unanimously Monday to ask the Select Board to impose a moratorium on data center siting and to request that Article 2, its own proposed zoning ban, be passed over at the October 7 Town Meeting.

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Government · Select Board

Select Board Approves Conservation Parcel Transfer

East Bridgewater Select Board advanced four conservation parcels to Town Meeting. The board unanimously approved an article transferring four tax-title conservation parcels to the Conservation Commission for permanent preservation, advancing it to the October 7 Town Meeting.

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Government · Select Board

Board OKs $250,000 Public Safety Study Contract

East Bridgewater board OKs $250,000 public safety study, sets October 7 town meeting. The Select Board approved a Kaestle Boos Associates contract for a feasibility study on a combined police and fire station, contingent on Town Meeting funding.

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Government · Finance Committee

Finance Committee Elects Walsh Chair, Huss Vice Chair

East Bridgewater Finance Committee reorganizes, previews a costly fall warrant. Members elected David Walsh chair, Jennifer Huss vice chair and Karen Gilman secretary, then approved a $9,000 Reserve Fund transfer for a Central Street land survey.

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