Jackson School Council advances parent survey for March release. The council approved prior minutes and discussed the 2025-2026 School Improvement Plan during the meeting at Jackson School, reviewing math data and refining a parent feedback survey. Members determined the survey should assess family
Keep Plainville Beautiful approves $1,200 trailer wrap, plans spring events. The five-member committee unanimously authorized the purchase from The Wrap Guy for a vehicle wrap featuring the group's logo and photographs, with wording crediting LVJ Trailers and Kristine Moore Photography. Members
Finance Committee reviews DPW budget and capital equipment purchases for roads and water infrastructure. The DPW reported spending $1.2 million to $1.3 million on paving 17 roads, including neighborhoods off South Street left untouched for more than 60 years. Capital equipment purchases include a
Planning Board approves 26-unit mixed-use development on South Street with one dissent. The board voted 4-1 to approve the special permit and site plan for a Town Center District development at 157 South Street after the applicant, represented by Dan Campbell of Level Design Group, reduced unit
Plainville Select Board opts out of vote by mail for April election. The board voted unanimously January 28 after a public hearing to eliminate no-excuse vote by mail for the April 6, 2026 annual town election, citing labor and cost concerns outlined by Town Clerk Cyndi Bush, who noted vote by mail
Conservation Commission approves enforcement proceedings for unpermitted site work. The Plainville Conservation Commission unanimously approved two significant orders on January 27. It issued a certificate of compliance for drainage and utility work at 33 Burnt Swamp Road. More significantly, it
Plainville's Community Preservation Committee approves $143,400 for Metacomet Greenway land acquisition. The committee voted unanimously to recommend the funding for a half-mile trail section from Cross Street to Green Street, which serves as the required 20 percent cost share for a pending
Plainville park commissioners unanimously approve director raise and advance revised field redesign plan. Park Director John Teiner will receive a 2 percent raise, and the commissioners advanced the revised Field of Dreams Phase 2 site plan, which adds 92 parking spaces by relocating the lot and
Plainville Board of Health approves phase five gravel removal with expanded detention basin. Chairman Lou LeBlanc, Vice Chair DJ Fairbanks, and Member Bob Davis unanimously approved an Environmental Health Impact Report for 128 Washington Street, expanding the temporary detention basin 2.5 times to
Plainville Zoning Board approves parking waiver for disability services nonprofit at 300 South Street. Attleboro Enterprises Inc., which educates and trains adults with disabilities, received unanimous approval from the board to operate with 51 parking spaces instead of the required 60, under