The Whitman Board of Selectmen set a January 25, 2027 Special Town Meeting and a January 30, 2027 Special Town Election for a second vote on excluding South Shore Technical High School debt from the tax levy.
Whitman's Planning Board recommended favorable action on two zoning referrals Tuesday, advancing a Bedford Street drive-thru coffee shop and resolving a years-old garage-apartment dispute.
Whitman's Board of Health moved to enforce a new statewide kratom ban this week.
The Whitman Zoning Board of Appeals approved variances for a scaled-down Cherry Street condominium project and a special permit for a Bedford Street landscaping yard.
This week's obituary column carries one notice for a Whitman resident: Purtell, Patricia A., 85, who died Friday, August 21, 2026. No additional biographical detail, such as profession or service arrangements, was available in the notices reviewed. The lead funeral home on the notice is…
Nine property transfers were recorded in Whitman between July 24 and August 22, with seven carrying a disclosed sale price. Prices ranged from $470,000 to $615,000, with a median of $550,000. The month's top sales were a tie: 27 Erin St. and 534 Hogg Memorial Dr. each sold for $615,000.
The Whitman Conservation Commission set an August 28 deadline for the contractor on the Whitman Middle School drainage project to fix failing erosion controls or face a shutdown.
This week's obituary column includes one Whitman, Massachusetts resident: James Lee Rowell Sr., who died August 13, 2026. Arrangements were handled by Funerarias Multi Culturel of Brockton. Full details are available via Echovita.
Whitman recorded six priced home sales between July 17 and Aug. 15, ranging from $390,000 to $635,000 with a median of $502,000. The top transaction was 143 Cranberry Road at $635,000, sold by Damien Gray and Porshia Lashar Hammonds to Washington A Dos Reis.
Whitman recorded 10 property transfers between July 10 and Aug. 8, but only six carried a market sale price, ranging from $390,000 to $755,000 with a median of $574,500. The month's top transaction was 37 Lakeview St., which sold for $755,000 on July 16 to Ronald R. and Valerie Talbot.