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Orleans Finance Committee Votes 3-5 Against Recommending $2.7M Sewer Design Funding

ORLEANS — March 26, 2026 — Orleans Finance Committee votes 3-5 against recommending $2.7 million in sewer design funding at packed March 26 meeting. The eight-member panel split sharply on Article 25, covering preliminary design for Phase 4 of the town's Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan, with Chair

Orleans Open Space Committee Targets Fall for Resident Awareness Campaign

ORLEANS — March 25, 2026 — Orleans Open Space Committee delays awareness campaign push to fall town meeting cycle. The committee, chaired by Lynn O'Connell and including members David Carrick, Patti Platton, and Chris Keating, spent the bulk of its March 25 meeting discussing a proposed public outreach effort to

Orleans Select Board Backs Kent's Point Seasonal Sticker Parking, Advances Warrant Articles

ORLEANS — March 25, 2026 — Orleans Select Board backs seasonal sticker parking at Kent's Point conservation area in 4-0 vote. The board voted Wednesday to support the Orleans Conservation Commission's proposal to require parking stickers at the 27-acre Kent's Point property from June

Orleans COA assistant director position placed in FY27 budget as Prop 2½ override

ORLEANS — March 25, 2026 — Orleans Council on Aging board learns assistant director position will go to voters as a $139,789 Prop 2½ override. At the March 25 meeting at the Senior Center, Assistant Town Manager Mark Reil told the board that the Select Board and Town Manager unanimously agreed

Orleans Planning Board Presents Draft Comprehensive Plan to Select Board for Town Meeting

ORLEANS — March 24, 2026 — Orleans Planning Board briefs Select Board on draft 242-page comprehensive plan headed for town meeting. Planning Director George Meservey presented the draft Orleans Comprehensive Plan — branded "Orleans 2050" — to Select Board members Michael Herman and Andrea Shaw Reed at the March 24 hybrid

Orleans Parade Committee Approves $10,350 Budget for Fourth of July Celebration

ORLEANS — March 24, 2026 — Orleans Parade Committee approves $10,350 Fourth of July budget and debates a three-way grand marshal race. The committee, newly at full voting membership after welcoming Christie as a full member and Tom as an associate, unanimously approved a budget covering eight returning bands totaling

Orleans Fire Rescue Committee Reviews Four Massing Concepts, Sets April 15 Select Board Presentation

ORLEANS — March 23, 2026 — Orleans fire rescue committee reviews four massing concepts, can't yet commit to a design. The Orleans Fire Rescue Building Committee met March 23 to consider four architectural massing concepts — labeled "net zero," "police station replica," "transitional," and "

Orleans Recreation Director Briefs Finance Committee on FY27 Budget and Eldridge Park Timeline

ORLEANS — March 19, 2026 — Orleans Finance Committee reviews recreation budget and Eldridge Park funding shortfall. Recreation Director Tom DiCervo told the committee Thursday that the town has approximately $3.5 to $3.6 million remaining for construction at Eldridge Park after a $219,000 to $220,000 engineering contract was

Orleans Board of Health Authorizes Phase 2 Sewer Connection Letters After Pump Station Clears State Approval

ORLEANS — March 19, 2026 — Orleans Board of Health unanimously authorizes Phase 2 sewer connection order letters as pump station clears state approval. The five-member board voted five to zero Thursday to direct the Health Department to distribute connection order letters to Phase 2 property owners at its earliest convenience,

Orleans ZBA unanimously approves two waterfront special permits at March hearing

ORLEANS — March 18, 2026 — Orleans Zoning Board clears two waterfront special permits in unanimous votes. The Orleans Zoning Board of Appeals voted 5-0 on each of three actions at its March 18 meeting, approving an amended special permit for a rebuilt dwelling at 355 Tonset Road and a new

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