Government · Conservation
Carver panel rejects Rochester Road duplex plan
Carver's Conservation Commission voted 0-5-0 to reject a duplex conversion at 19 Rochester Road over wetland buffer concerns.
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Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of August 10, 2026 through August 16, 2026
Two Carver obituaries were noted this week: Brennock, Steven Michael, 62, and Gonsalves, Peter A. III, 78. Both notices appear in Echovita's Carver, Massachusetts obituary listings, with arrangements under the care of Sullivan Funeral Home for Brennock and Cartmell-Davis Funeral & Crema…
Morning Brief
Carver Home Prices Span $420,000 to $1.2 Million in Late-Summer Sales
Carver recorded 11 property transfers between July 17 and Aug. 15, with eight carrying disclosed sale prices ranging from $420,000 to $1.2 million and a median of $615,000. The remaining three transfers involved nominal consideration into trusts and are not counted as sales.
Government · Other Committee
Carver panel approves Agri Realty sand mine permit, 4-1
Carver Earth Removal Committee approves 415,000-cubic-yard sand mine, bars trucks from Mayflower Road.
Government · Planning Board
Carver Planning Board delays solar permitting shortcut until October
Carver Planning Board pumps the brakes on a state-mandated solar permitting shortcut.
Morning Brief
Carver's $1.2 million deed tops active July sales period
Carver recorded 13 property transfers between July 10 and Aug. 8, 2026. Eight carried a market sale price, ranging from $480,000 to $1,200,000, with a median of $590,000. The month's top transaction was 2 Commons Dr., which sold for $1,200,000 to John Eisner from Paige and Shawn Dowling.
Government · Conservation
Conservation Board Declines Wareham Street Land Bid
The Carver Conservation Commission voted 3-2 to recommend against the town exercising its Chapter 61A right of first refusal on roughly 337 acres on Wareham Street.
Government · Zoning Board
Carver ZBA Approves Garage Permit on Meadow Street
The Carver Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved a special permit for a 1,410-square-foot detached garage at 243 Meadow Street.
Government · Select Board
Select Board OKs dual counsel for water deal
Carver Select Board approved a conflict waiver letting KP Law represent both Carver and Middleborough on a new water-supply deal. The vote, 5-0, follows the state's July 31 dissolution of the North Carver Water District, which now leaves Carver's Select Board serving as the town's water commission.
Government · Other Committee
Redevelopment authority hires new legal counsel
The Carver Redevelopment Authority voted unanimously to hire Attorney Robert Galvin of Duxbury as its new legal counsel, replacing retiring counsel Kathleen O'Donnell.