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Last 14 days

• Planning Board drafts flyer opposing zoning question. Dartmouth Planning Board members debated how bluntly to warn voters about a statewide zoning ballot measure, with one member drafting language warning that a yes vote means Dartmouth changes forever and another citing years of fights over density near Route 6 and Faunce Corner Road.Dartmouth News
• Select Board weighs detail fee hike, Wingstop license. Dartmouth Select Board weighed a renovation permit for Shaw's Supermarkets and a license for an incoming Wingstop, considered doubling the hourly fee charged for police cruiser details, and heard that new weight restrictions take effect on the Pasquamancet Bridge October 1.Dartmouth News
• Finance panel weighs zoning threat, town meeting warrant. Dartmouth's Finance Committee heard a warning that a statewide zoning ballot question could open the town to hundreds of new house lots, then worked through a Fall Town Meeting warrant that included wastewater plant borrowing and a conservation restriction aimed at the Hawthorne 40B project.Dartmouth News
• Dartmouth home sales range $1,000 to $2.85 million. This week's Dartmouth home sales ranged from $1,000 to $2.85 million, with the median sale price holding at $526,000, according to the week's property transfer records.Dartmouth News
• Finance panel votes to borrow $5.5M for sewer plant. Dartmouth's Finance Committee weighed nine Fall Town Meeting articles, including a wastewater plant upgrade and a 29-acre conservation restriction pitched against the 40B "Residences at Hawthorne" project, as planners warned a statewide zoning question could open the town to hundreds of new house lots.Dartmouth News
• Dartmouth home sales range $1,000 to $2.85M. Dartmouth home sales recorded this week ranged from $1,000 to $2.85 million, with the town's median sale price holding steady at $526,000.Dartmouth News
• Transfer station, brush area closed Saturday. The Transfer Station and Brush Area will close Saturday, September 26, as a Nor'easter approaches, the town said, urging residents to plan disposal trips around the closure.Town of Dartmouth

Coming up

• Wed, Oct 7, 7:00 p.m.: Youth Commission meets Wednesday via Zoom. Dartmouth's Youth Commission holds its regular meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. via Zoom.Town of Dartmouth

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