Easton brief: Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Select Board sets new Town Hall hours, closing the building to the public on Fridays starting January 2027
Select Board sets new Town Hall hours, closing the building to the public on Fridays starting January 2027.
From Easton News
- School Committee adopts new tardiness policy. Oliver Ames High School's principal pitched a handbook rule tying repeated unexcused lateness to lost class credit, and committee members split over whether it would push student drivers to speed to beat the bell.Easton News
- Historical Commission clears Depot Street home rebuild. The commission weighed whether a derelict 1786 house at 364 Depot Street was worth preserving before backing new owner Ben Carroll's plan to replace it with a farmhouse-style home built to echo the original.Easton News
- Environmental panel votes to back data center limits. Easton's Environmental Stewardship Committee voted to write the Planning Board in support of restricting data center construction ahead of a September 28 hearing, citing Mansfield's ban this spring and concerns over conservation land.Easton News
- Select Board shifts Town Hall to four-day week. New Town Hall hours take effect January 1, 2027, closing the building to the public on Fridays, part of a Select Board session that also covered police union contracts and eviction certificates for four Turnpike Street tenants.Easton News
- Council on Aging loses three staff positions. A transportation coordinator and a full-time driver position were cut from the town budget, the council's director told an expanded seven-member board, warning a scaled-back staff cannot keep up with demand.Easton News
- Housing Trust weighs how to spend $3 million reserve. Chair Nikki Dostumian and the trust's Select Board representative brought in an outside housing consultant to help choose among workforce, veteran and senior housing priorities, as members questioned whether senior housing is truly the town's greatest need.Easton News
- Housing Authority backs no-cost solar feasibility study. Commissioners weighed a $207,199 annual National Grid bill against potential solar credits in authorizing a feasibility study with Resonant Solar, as July financials showed non-routine maintenance running $31,000 over budget after an April fire.Easton News
- School Committee accepts $1.47 million in grants. Facilities director Tony Copaz flagged a 12-year-old ceiling defect near a temporary entrance at Richardson Olmsted School, with repairs that could run $20,000 to $40,000, as the committee also worked through a lengthy year-end budget reconciliation.Easton News
- Human Rights Committee OKs corrected minutes. New member Jenny Dunkley, a special education consultant, joined the committee as it finalized plans for a September 26 Walk for Peace with Indivisible Easton and an October 4 Wampanoag-themed event, still awaiting word from an outside educator.Easton News