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Two candidates for a seat on the Acushnet Board of Selectman exchanged views Saturday morning on WBSM. Incumbent Garry Rawcliffe told WBSM's Brian Thomas, he's proud of the work town officials have done on the town's finances. "This year we're actually going to have the opportunity to put money back into the Stabilization Fund, which is our savings account and right now we're going to be putt

The Dartmouth Police Department is moving ahead with plans for a new police station after getting funds approved by Town Meeting Tuesday night.

Dartmouth Town Meeting will be discussing and debating more than 20 articles on Tuesday night.

The Dartmouth Police Department will be requesting $215,000 for the design and engineering of a new police station during the Oct. 18 Town Meeting.

Several hundred residents filled Acushnet's Ford Middle School Tuesday for a Special Town Meeting addressing two items related to a proposed natural gas pipeline and a liquid natural gas (LNG) storage facility.

Eversource's Access Northeast project will be the focus of a special town meeting in Acushnet Tuesday night. Two articles on the warrant look to block or slow down the proposal to significantly expand the existing LNG storage tanks in the town...

Dozens of Fairhaven residents expressed their concerns one final time before casting a vote in regards to the sale of the historic Oxford School building to a development company.

Town Meeting members in Dartmouth have shot down a plan to create a waterfront recreational park in the town. The plan was voted down by a 111-94 margin at Tuesday's Town Meeting. It would have created recreational space and facilities for kayakers and those with other small, man-powered boats...

Town Meeting members in Dartmouth will gather Tuesday morning for the annual spring meeting. One of the issues is over their heads, literally. As members gather in the Dartmouth Middle School, they will vote on whether to replace the roof of the building, which Town Administrator David Cressman says has fallen into a state of disrepair...

Fairhaven residents were critical of the town's purchase agreement for the Oxford School at Wednesday's Board of Selectmen meeting. Town officials and the Stratford Capital Group had entered negotiations for the details of the purchase and sales agreement to convert the historic Fairhaven school into low-income elderly housing...