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Plympton Board of Health Schedules Special Meeting on Town Meeting Article 19

PLYMPTON — April 28, 2026 — Plympton Board of Health schedules special meeting on town meeting article and flags unresolved well compliance. Meeting on April 28, the board voted unanimously to reduce shake machine testing at KK's Donuts to monthly, following a period of passing results and on the recommendation

Plympton Select Board Ratifies Robert Fennessey as Interim Town Administrator Through June

PLYMPTON — April 27, 2026 — Plympton Select Board unanimously seats Robert Fennessey as Interim Town Administrator through June 30. The board took two sequential votes Monday morning to ratify an April 21 executive session decision, specifying Fennessey's term as April 27 through June 30, 2026, with the possibility of

Plympton Planning Board Endorses Brook Street Lot-Division Plan Unanimously

PLYMPTON — April 21, 2026 — Plympton Planning Board unanimously endorsed an Approval Not Required land-division plan for a Brook Street parcel tied to a pending solar project. Attorney Jeffrey Farkas appeared before the board on behalf of Shattenburg, LLC — principals Neil and Linda Vopat — seeking to divide lot 19-1-

Plympton Town Properties Committee Transfers Water Project Oversight to Select Board

PLYMPTON — April 15, 2026 — Plympton Town Properties Committee cedes water project oversight and logs a member resignation in eight-minute meeting. At the April 15 session, members Kaylin Smith and Pierre Boyer announced that the Select Board, acting on advice from Town Counsel, has assumed full management of the town

Plympton ZBA Denies Bloomquist Two-Family Permit, Refers Bartlett Kennel Case to Counsel

PLYMPTON — April 14, 2026 — Plympton's Zoning Board of Appeals denied without prejudice a two-family conversion permit and referred a disputed commercial kennel renewal to town counsel at its April 14 meeting. Acting without Chair Suzanne Jaffarian, the board voted unanimously to deny Arthur Bloomquist's special

Plympton Board of Health to Consider Revoking Septic Hauler's Operating Permit

PLYMPTON — April 14, 2026 — Plympton's Board of Health moved toward revoking a septic hauler's operating permit after Wind River repeatedly refused to correct inaccurate official state pump records at two properties. The board agreed to place revocation of Wind River's permit to pump septic

Plympton Approves $16.2M Budget and Full Town Meeting Warrant

PLYMPTON — April 13, 2026 — Plympton approves $16.2M budget and clears full town meeting warrant at joint board session. The Select Board and Finance Committee voted unanimously Monday to recommend a $16,179,691 operating budget as Article 4 of the annual town meeting warrant, after the meeting's

Plympton Planning Board Joins Opposition to Ricketts Pond Open Space Rollback

PLYMPTON — April 7, 2026 — Plympton Planning Board joins three other town bodies in opposing a state-level open space rollback at the Ricketts Pond 40B development. Voting unanimously on seven separate actions at its April 7 meeting, the board authorized a letter to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act office arguing

Plympton Select Board Enters Closed Session on Staff Contract Negotiations

PLYMPTON — April 6, 2026 — Plympton Select Board moves to closed session on non-union staff contracts amid budget preparations. The board voted unanimously Monday to approve redacted March 18 executive session minutes, then adjourned by roll call — Saenz and Smith both voting aye — into a second executive session under MGL

Plympton ZBA Sets April 14 Hearing to Renew All Kennel Special Permits

PLYMPTON — March 26, 2026 — Plympton's Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a formal hearing April 14 to renew all seven active kennel special permits, the first such review in at least 17 years. Acting Chair Ethan Stiles convened the March 26 session after Town Clerk Tara brought forward

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