Scituate Select Board approves $32.3 million in bond anticipation notes, with a 2.6 percent net interest cost. Treasurer and Collector Pam Avitabile reported JPMorgan Securities LLC won a May 27 competitive bid at 3.5 percent coupon with a $203,490 premium; $30 million of the notes fund the
Scituate Select Board approves school bond award, carnival permit, and new coffee cart license while deferring dog park takeover question.
Scituate CPC seeks clarity on Cranberry Bog appraisals. The Community Preservation Committee discussed two appraisals of the property valued at $830,000 and $1,000,000, with significant uncertainty about water rights and buildable acreage. Vice Chair Skyler Chick requested the appraisal distinguish
Bylaw Review Commission continues systematic modernization of town bylaws, eliminating gendered language. Chairman Nick DiMascio, Clerk Chris Mirarchi, and member Jerry Janofsky processed amendments to multiple sections including terminology updates and elimination of gendered pronouns from
Waterways Commission discusses Scituate Boatworks wet storage proposal. Vice Chair Brian Cronin presided as eight members convened at the Maritime Center; the Commission reviewed a proposal from Scituate Boatworks to lease roughly 18 slips at Cole Parkway Marina for $2,500 per shoulder season.
The Scituate Conservation Commission deferred consideration of three residential projects sited in coastal and wetland areas. The commission continued hearings on an accessory dwelling at 30 Marshfield Avenue and a home demolition and reconstruction at 83 Rebecca Road, both to July 6, and moved an
Scituate School Committee unanimously approved three central office administrators and received a sweeping Title IX athletic assessment Monday night that found the district compliant on participation numbers but structurally deficient in budgeting, booster oversight, and the treatment of female athl
Scituate Conservation Commission continues two Humarock coastal cases and closes two others at its June 1 meeting.
Scituate Planning Board continues two applications pending further review. The board unanimously voted to defer the public hearing for a special permit at 21 Central and 7 Marshfield Avenue until September 10 while applicants complete Department of Environmental Protection waterways review. Board
Scituate Planning Board extends South River Marina hearing to September, citing DEP delay.