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Select Board Rejects Paving of Summer Street

Yarmouth Select Board unanimously rejects paving the last unpaved stretch of Summer Street after a nearly three-hour hearing. Public Works Director Jeff Colby pegged a rough cost at $403,000, while the town said it received close to 40 letters opposed and none in favor.

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Government · Select Board

Orleans Select Board weighs draft code of conduct

Orleans Select Board spends an hour dissecting a draft code of conduct, takes no vote. Chair Mefford Runyon had Assistant Town Manager Mike Salitro walk members through a draft stitched together from Plymouth, Carver, the Finance Committee and insurer MIIA's template policies.

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Government · Select Board

Select Board Picks McCaskill Over Borgia for Trust Seat

Harwich Select Board reappoints McCaskill to Affordable Housing Trust in a 3-2 roll call over rival candidate Kim Borgia. Board members Doucette and Jeff Handler backed Michael McCaskill; Mark Kelleher and Don Howell backed Borgia, HECH's executive director; the board chair broke the tie.

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