Whitman Select Board puts Prop 2½ override on ballot, spares library
Whitman Select Board places Proposition 2½ override on the May 16 ballot and reverses course to keep the library open.
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Whitman Board of Registrars Cancels In-Person Early Voting for All 2026 Town Elections
Whitman Board of Registrars votes to eliminate in-person early voting for all 2026 town elections. The four-member board — Yvonne Evans, Joyce Anise, Adele Carew, and Dawn Farley — took the action unanimously at its annual organizational meeting on April 7, a session that lasted just four minutes.
Whitman Conservation Commission Continues Rose Way Wetland Hearing to April 21
WHITMAN -- April 7, 2026, Whitman Conservation Commission continues contested Rose Way wetland boundary hearing and advances a proposed local Wetlands Protection Bylaw toward a May 4 town meeting vote. The commission, led by Chair Sandy Cortez, voted to continue the Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation for Lot 73-48,
Whitman Finance Committee Backs No-Override FY27 Budget, Library Spared
Whitman Finance Committee endorses a no-override fiscal year 2027 budget plan that keeps the library open.
Whitman Board of Assessors approves over $8,000 in tax abatements and exemptions
Whitman Board of Assessors clears nine abatement and exemption votes in under ten minutes. Meeting on March 31, the board approved three motor vehicle excise tax abatements totaling $4,130 across tax years 2023, 2025, and 2026, with the 2026 abatement alone reaching $3,944.01.