New fire chief sworn in amid budget gap

From Carver News

• Conservation panel flags FY28 budget deadline, site visits. Carver's Conservation Commission flagged an October 9 deadline for its fiscal 2028 budget request and scheduled fall site visits, including a follow up at 130 North Main Street and a wetlands case at 0 Rochester Road involving wells inside the buffer zone.Carver News
• Earth removal board confronts road paving cost overrun. Carver's Earth Removal Committee took up a road paving budget overrun after a town official said his cost calculations were off, and continued a contested earth removal permit hearing for 0 Wayham Street to November 17.Carver News
• New fire chief sworn in as budget gap emerges. Carver's Select Board swore in Eric Germain as fire chief, with Jesse Boyle pinned deputy chief and William Froehlich assistant deputy chief, as the town confronted a $1.3 million gap in next year's health insurance budget following its exit from the dissolved Gateway Health Group.Carver News
• Conservation panel pushes back on wetland buffer road plan. Carver's Conservation Commission continued a contested hearing on a proposed roadway that would encroach 13,815 square feet into the town's 65-foot wetland buffer, asking Constantine Paganis's project team to study a pier-supported bridge instead of an embanked road. The hearing resumes October 21.Carver News

Carver on Sat, Oct 10

• Library closed through Columbus Day Monday. Carver Public Library is closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday for the Columbus Day holiday weekend, reopening Tuesday for its regular schedule.Carver Public Library

Coming up

• Tue, Oct 13, 1:00 p.m.: Library's monthly movie matinee returns October 13. Carver Public Library holds its monthly Movie Matinee on Tuesday, October 13 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room.Carver Public Library
• Tue, Oct 13, 6:30 p.m.: Library hosts Creepy Glow Art craft for kids. Carver Public Library's Children's Room hosts Creepy Glow Art on Tuesday, October 13 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., a drop-in craft program for ages four and up.Carver Public Library
• Fri, Oct 16, 1:00 p.m.: Library cancels homeschoolers meetup on October 16. Carver Public Library has canceled its Friday, October 16 homeschool meetup, normally held from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room.Carver Public Library
• Sat, Oct 17, 12:30 p.m.: Library book club reads Puppets of Spelhorst. Kids and their grown-ups discuss Kate DiCamillo's "The Puppets of Spelhorst" at the library's U and Me Book Club on Saturday, October 17 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.Carver Public Library

More events and things to do →

Browse this week: Government & development · Events & things to do
Every past edition

Know a newsletter, official, or group we should be reading? Reply to this email and name it.

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.