Bridgewater brief: Sunday, September 20, 2026
Bridgewater panel recommends doubling many parking fines and funding restoration of the town's 1850 fire engine
Bridgewater panel recommends doubling many parking fines and funding restoration of the town's 1850 fire engine.
From Bridgewater News
- Planning Board continues three cases over notice errors. The Planning Board pushed an Approval Not Required plan for 0 Lakeshore Street and a 680 Bedford Street modification request to September 16, and continued a long-delayed site plan hearing to November 18 citing notice errors.Bridgewater News
- Panel backs parking fine hike, fire engine funding. The Budget and Finance Committee recommended roughly doubling many parking fines to match Bridgewater State University's rates, and backed $239,000 to restore the town's 1850 fire engine plus $58,000 for historic photos.Bridgewater News
- Board of Health fills two regional grant board seats. The Board of Health appointed Kevin Blomquist as primary representative and Michelle Gamble as alternate to a regional health grant board, after the town's last health agent departed; a new hire could take two months.Bridgewater News
- Tree Committee funds 12 new trees for common, Broad Street. The Tree Committee approved a $2,269 purchase of six trees for the town common and up to $5,000 for six trees on Broad Street, and is weighing trunk injections to save a diseased library beech.Bridgewater News
- Planning Board endorses hotel lot split, delays farm project. The Planning Board endorsed splitting the town's hotel development site into two lots and continued a proposed six-lot Plymouth Street subdivision with geothermal townhouses to October 21 pending a zoning review.Bridgewater News
- Bridgewater records 10 property transfers this week. Ten properties changed hands in Bridgewater this week, with the top sale reaching $985, according to the week's transfer records.Bridgewater News
Coming up
- Sat, Sep 26, 9 a.m.: Bridgewater-Raynham hosts Marshfield in freshman football Sept. 26. Bridgewater-Raynham's freshman football team hosts Marshfield in a non-conference game Saturday, September 26 at 9 a.m., according to MaxPreps.MaxPreps