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Last 14 days

• Conservation board cuts off water official over time limit. Cohasset's Conservation Commission cut off a water commissioner for running over his three-minute limit as it pressed into a Lily Pond treatment plant rebuild that would disturb far more wetland than the town's threshold allows.Cohasset News
• Sewer Commission says Cohasset cut it out of harbor deal. Cohasset's Sewer Commission leaders told the Select Board the town signed a 2025 inter-municipal harbor agreement and shellfish management plan without their review, despite its hold over wastewater standards, citing fecal coliform readings near proposed oyster-farm sites.Cohasset News
• Planning Board allows water lagoon permit withdrawal. Cohasset's Planning Board let the Water Department withdraw its own permit bid for a third lagoon at the King Street treatment plant after a peer reviewer called the project exempt from town rules, a finding town counsel warned could itself invite an appeal. A second withdrawal, for 159 Atlantic Avenue, also came before the board.Cohasset News
• Treasurer's office to close Nov. 4 for training. Cohasset's Treasurer/Collector's Office will be closed Wednesday, November 4, so staff can attend training workshops, the town announced.Town of Cohasset
• Town issues advisory-level drought alert. Cohasset issued an advisory-level drought notice, saying abnormally dry conditions are affecting the town's surface water supplies, a downgrade from its prior drought status.Town of Cohasset

Coming up

• Wed, Oct 7, 5:30 p.m.: Second forum set on police station plan. The Public Safety Facilities Committee holds its second public forum on the proposed police station Oct. 7 at South Shore Vocational Technical High School.Town of Cohasset

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