FAIRHAVEN The Board of Selectmen set a date for a Special Town Election for the recall of Selectmen Chair Daniel Freitas: Monday, July 26.
A recall petition against Freitas was certified by the Town Clerk after exceeding the required signatures of 20% of the town’s registered voters 2,384 signatures were needed, and 2,521 signatures were received.
Freitas, who is still serving as Chair of the Selectmen, is calling for an investigation into the authenticity of the signatures on the petition.
Freitas had to recuse himself from this portion of the May 10 Selectmen meeting where, on the advice of town counsel, a recall election must be scheduled.
A new town budget, a new sewer budget and a new method for choosing the town s police chief were among the highlights of this week s Bourne Special/Annual Town Meeting.
More than 100 people filled the gymnasium at Bourne Middle School for Town Meeting Monday night, May 3. A total of 115 voting residents were in attendance when Town Meeting commenced, far exceeding the reduced quorum of 15 that town officials had recently approved. It was also more than double the 56 residents who were in attendance at the start of last November s Special Town Meeting.
Residents voted on a total of 21 articles, including Article 2 on the Annual Town Meeting warrant, authorizing the townâs proposed $71,735,576 general operating budget for Fiscal Year 2022. The approved amount represents a 1.53 percent increase over the current operating budget.
Wicked Local
To the Editor:
“A Town lives and dies by its zoning!” This old adage is alive and well in Wareham. There are six zoning articles on the May 8 Annual Spring Town Meeting Warrant and four zoning articles on the Special Town Meeting!
Specifically, we write to ask voters for their support of Special Town Meeting Article 17 which is a Solar Bylaw Amendment. This is a Citizens Petition article proposed by a group of concerned, committed citizens who understand that the current bylaws are outdated and as such do not include newer guidance regarding more appropriate siting of solar arrays.
May 3, 2021
To the Editor,
“A Town lives and dies by its zoning!” This old adage is alive and well in Wareham. There are 6 zoning articles on the May 8
th Annual Spring Town Meeting Warrant and 4 zoning articles on the Special Town Meeting!
Specifically, we write to ask voters for their support of Special Town Meeting Article 17 which is a Solar Bylaw Amendment. This is a Citizens Petition article proposed by a group of concerned, committed citizens who understand that the current bylaws are outdated and as such do not include newer guidance regarding more appropriate siting of solar arrays.
This amendment is the first step in updating Wareham’s outdated solar bylaw. As proposed, new arrays could be no more than 10 acres and must be on land that has been cleared for at least 5 years. This will put a stop to the clear-cutting of forests in the name of green energy.