November 25, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Representatives from Habitat for Humanity will be on hand at the Plainville Senior Center tomorrow and next Wednesday, Dec. 5 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. to meet with people interested in purchasing the organization's house on Zeller Avenue.
The previous tenant recently moved out, Town Administrator Joseph Fernandes said.
Prospective buyers must meet income guidelines and must work at least 250 hours on Habitat for Humanity projects.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 09:31 AM
November 22, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Members of the Plainville Redevelopment Authority recently told selectmen that they are considering asking the town to designate a redevelopment area that would allow the town to take land by eminient domain.
The area would cover about a half mile of South Street and about 300 yards of West Bacon Street, and the designation would have to be be approved at town meeting.
Town Administrator Joseph Fernandes said the town may be better off starting with a smaller area closest to the intersection of the two streets.
"I'd rather that they made some progress in the immediate area and use that as an example of what they can do," Fernandes said.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Lisa Kocian at 11:00 AM
November 15, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Members of the Plainville Redevelopment Authority will update selectmen tomorrow on their progress in creating a plan to revitalize the downtown area.
Town Meeting voters approved the creation of the five-member board in the spring of 2006. Members have been meeting since last December.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 08:02 AM
November 8, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Plainville's selectmen have awarded a contract for a new fire truck to North Smithfield, Rhode Island-based C & S Specialty, Inc.
The company will supply the town with a 2008 rescue pumper for $424,951. Town Meeting voters approved the expense in June.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 08:54 AM
October 12, 2007
PLAINVILLE
The Board of Health will sponsor a flu clinic on Oct. 31 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Senior Center.
Any Plainville resident 18 years or older can stop by for a free flu vaccination. No appointment is necessary. In previous years, vaccines were given first to those in high-risk groups because
of limited supplies, but health administrator Deborah Revelle said no shortage is projected for this year.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 11:01 AM
October 3, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Chapter Cubs, a new fiction book group for children ages 7 to 9, will meet for the
first time at 4 p.m. on October 10 at the Plainville Public Library.
Registration is required, and those interested should contact children’s librarian Judith Meixner at (508) 695-1784. The group’s first book will be “Freckle Juice” by Judy Blume.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 08:54 AM
September 19, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Lucille: "But from the time he got the marriage license, I've led a dog's life."
Groucho: "Are you sure he didn't get a dog's license?"
Selectmen last week voted to increase fees for all dog licenses by $5. Licenses for spayed and neutered dogs will jump from $5 to $10, and licenses for dogs that have not been spayed or neutered will rise from $25 to $30.
An animal control officer who works for the town had recommended the increase only for the spayed or neutered dogs. The officer is paid on a per-call basis from the license fees.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 10:22 PM
September 17, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Restrictions on outdoor water use will likely last through the fall, Town Administrator Joseph Fernandes said.
Since September 4, residents have only been allowed outdoor water use on the day of the week when their trash is collected. On that day, they may use outdoor water, including automatic sprinkler systems, from 5 p.m. until 8 a.m. the next morning.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 07:33 AM
August 25, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Officials are looking for volunteers to replace Edwin Harrop on the Planning Board.
Harrop, a former fire chief, is leaving the board as of October 1 because he is moving out of town. The Board of Selectmen and the remaining Planning Board will jointly replace Harrop with a temporary replacement, who will have to run for reelection in April.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 12:09 PM
August 3, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Town Clerk Kathleen M. Sandland says she will retire after 33 years in office instead of seeking another term in April.
Sandland, who will turn 65 in December, was an assistant town clerk from 1972 to 1974, when she was elected to the clerk's position. She said several people have expressed an interest in running for the job next spring, but no one has announced definite plans.
Although some area towns have made the clerk an appointed position, Sandland said she hopes Plainville stays with an elected clerk.
"I feel very strongly about that," she said.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 12:08 PM
August 1, 2007
PLAINVILLE
After about a month-long delay, workers and volunteers have resumed site work at the "Field of Dreams" sports complex off School Street, Parks Director Maureen Dunfey said.
Dunfey said she is optimistic that the fields will be seeded and fertilized by early September, after the land has been surveyed and graded. If all goes according to schedule, she said, the first fields will be open for play in fall of 2008.
The project, which has relied on donated land and labor, has been delayed several times, most recently by confusion over construction responsibilities, officials said.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 10:58 AM
July 31, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Police in Naples, Fla. have identified a body found floating in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday afternoon as a Plainville man, the Naples Daily News is reporting in its online edition. The dead man was identified Corey David Webb, 36.
The body was spotted by a bystander saw the body in the water at around 4:30 p.m. Saturday and brought it ashore, Naples police spokesman James Hendry told the newspaper. Paramedics arrived, administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation and tried to revive the man but were unsuccessful.
Police said they do not suspect foul play.
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 12:14 PM
July 24, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Improvements to the intersection of Route 106 and Route 1A in downtown Plainville should be mostly completed by winter, Town Administrator Joseph Fernandes said.
Workers are widening the intersection and replacing sidewalks and traffic lights. Although the project is funded with state and federal money, Fernandes said the town is paying extra for "old-fashioned" looking traffic lights.
Selectmen have created a committee to come up with a plan to revitalize the downtown area, and they hope the ornamental lights will fit in with that plan, Fernandes said.
-– Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 09:27 AM
June 25, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Selectmen will move their meeting to the Senior Center today to accommodate a slew of artistically gifted schoolchildren. The kids are winners of a contest, sponsored by selectmen and the Plainville Lions Club, in which students in grades K to 3 draw pictures of what they like to do with their dads. Twenty-four students will be rewarded for their efforts today at 6 p.m. with tickets to a PawSox game and dinner at McDonald's.
At 7 p.m., the board will hold a swearing-in ceremony for police officer James Alfred, who was recently promoted to lieutenant, and the selectmen will take up usual business.
–Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 07:08 AM
June 16, 2007
PLAINVILLE
William Fasulo, a fifth-grade teacher who is retiring this year, was honored this month with the Norfolk County Teachers Association's highest award.
Fasulo received the Laura Warcup Distinguished Educator Award. Margaret Myers, principal of the Beatrice H. Wood Elementary School when Fasulo teaches, said he will be missed when he retires.
"He's an outstanding math and science teacher," she said. "That experience and that depth of knowledge will be very hard to replace."
Fasulo began working in Plainville in 1974. Susan Rieger, a secretary to the superintendent, received a community service award from the association.
-– Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 03:34 PM
June 15, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Maryelayna "Robin" Pollack, who failed in a bid to unseat Selectwoman Andrea Soucy in April’s town election, is questioning a contribution Soucy received during the campaign.
Pollack said that a $250 gift from developer Gerard C. Lorusso creates a conflict of interest. "I don’t know if it’s a legal conflict, but I would say it’s an ethical conflict," Pollack said. Soucy has sat on the board since 1990 and had not raised funds for any of her previous campaigns.
She said volunteers raised the money and that she didn’t personally ask anyone for contributions. "I don’t think it creates a conflict to take $250 from somebody [once] in 17 years," Soucy said.
– Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 08:33 AM
June 13, 2007
REGION
Several local schools won 'Green Team' awards from the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs following a program to reduce pollution and protect the environment.
The Globe West area schools honored were:
- Berlin Middle School in Berlin
- Fowler School in Maynard
- Marion E. Zeh School in Northborough
- Melican Middle School in Northborough
- Beatrice H. Wood School in Plainville
- James Fitzgerald Elementary School in Waltham
- Hemenway School in Framingham
- Mary E. Stapleton School in Framingham
Schools that won awards received recycling equipment to make their individual programs more effective.
-- Adam Sell
Posted by Martin Finucane at 02:57 PM
June 13, 2007
PLAINVILLE
A pool membership, gymnastics lessons, and a Boston sightseeing tour complete with Swan Boat and trolley tickets are all featured at the Friends of the Plainville Library's summer auction, which started this week and will continue until June 25 at 8 p.m.
Bid numbers are available at the library's circulation desk, and more information and item descriptions are available online.
-– Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 12:56 PM
June 6, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Town Administrator Joseph Fernandes says the budget deficit for next year now stands at about $60,000, down from the $664,000 gap that had been projected in recent weeks.
Town officials have narrowed the gap by trimming departmental budgets, asking some employees to forgo raises, and using funds that would normally be saved for future use.
"That’s good news, I guess, but it’s not happy news," Fernandes said of the smaller gap. "It’s literally shaking the sofa cushions."
The remaining deficit will be paid for out of the town’s stabilization, or "rainy day", fund, Fernandes said. Town Meeting began Monday, but but officials plan to postpone discussion of the budget articles until June 11.
-– Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 10:00 AM
May 26, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Selectmen Monday this week promoted a firefighter and a police officer to lieutenant. Firefighter Justin Alexander made the jump in rank, as did Police Sargent James Alfred.
Alfred beat out three other internal candidates: Sargent Corrina Carter, Sargent Scott Gallerani, and Patrolman Kyle Rockett. Selectwoman Andrea Soucy said the board picked Alfred because he was the most experienced candidate.
-– Calvin Hennick
Posted by Ralph Ranalli at 06:10 AM
April 10, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Homes were evacuated and part of a major road was shut down today after a gas line became over-pressurized and began to flood homes with gas, the town's fire chief said.
The leak caused a basement fire, but no injuries or property damage were reported, said Fire Chief Ted Joubert.
The incident began when firefighters responded to a call about a hissing stove at 10 East Bacon Street at 11:43 a.m.
Firefighters found a “relatively strong concentration” of gas at the residence, Joubert said. Shortly thereafter, firefighters found a fire in the basement but were able to extinguish it before it caused significant damage.
Joubert said the department received approximately eight to 11 more calls for gas leaks and firefighters found gas levels “suitable to conditions for explosions.” Electricity was shut off to the area for a time to prevent an electrical spark from igniting gas.
Plainville relied on assistance from neighboring communities to respond to the high number of calls, Joubert said.
Joubert said a malfunctioning gas systems device was to blame for the over-pressurization.
This is the second time in months that a gas leak has threatened downtown Plainville. In January, a truck crashed into Foxboro Savings and Loan at 129 South St., causing a major leak that Joubert said could have led to an explosion.
By midafternoon, the road was reopened and residents were returning to their homes.
“I’d like to think that we caught a break again,” Joubert said.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 04:29 PM
March 28, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Postal inspectors will talk about the dangers of identity theft at the Plainville Senior Center at 12:45 p.m. tomorrow. Police Chief Edward M. Merrick Jr. said older people are often targeted by scams.
"They’re constantly getting bamboozled on the phone," said Merrick, adding that he hoped tomorrow’s presentation would spur more seniors to report fraud attempts.
— Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 11:38 AM
March 18, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Plainville Parent Teacher Organization volunteer Paula Antunes said she has been "overwhelmed" by donations from area businesses and residents for a silent-auction fundraiser.
"The donations are coming in like crazy," Antunes said. She said the group has received more than 300 donations worth more than $10,000. The items will be auctioned off at the group’s annual "Fun Fair," from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 31 at the Jackson school.
Auction items can be viewed at ptosilentauction.com.
-– Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 02:40 PM
March 10, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Todd Holbrook was sworn in as a patrolman at Monday’s Board of Selectmen meeting. Holbrook graduated from the MBTA Transit Police Academy in Quincy on Feb. 23.
Police Chief Edward Merrick said Holbrook has worked for the department since 2002, serving first as a dispatcher and then as a part-time officer. Holbrook’s wife pinned his badge onto his uniform after he was sworn in.
Merrick also praised Officer Matthew Webber, who recently received the "Drive For Life" award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Webber was responsible for making over half the department’s arrests for drunk driving in 2006.
-– Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 08:47 AM
February 15, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Plainville's two elementary schools will soon have a new superintendent. David Raiche will leave the superintendent's position in West Warwick, R.I. and take the job in the town of 863 students.
Raiche, who will officially retire from West Warwick in April, gave his final report to their school committee Tuesday, the Kent County Daily Times reports.
Raiche took some ribbing because the Plainville district is smaller than his old district.
Daniel T. Burns Jr., chairman of the West Warwick board, said, "I can't see why he wants to go to such a hard job and run two elementary schools. What do they have, a $700 a year budget?"
Raiche, in his turn, teased Burns. "By the way, Dan, something you might want to think about. They have this rule in Plainville that school committee meetings cannot last more than 90 minutes. My new chairman, he plays the piano and leads the community chorus. So maybe there is something you can aspire to in the future years."
-- Adam Sell
Posted by Martin Finucane at 04:35 PM
February 7, 2007
PLAINVILLE
The Plainville Public Library is granting amnesty on fines for lost items this month in an attempt to retrieve its missing books and videos.
The library charges a maximum $5 late fee for items deemed lost, but it will waive that fee if items are brought in this month. If patrons are unable to find the lost items, they will be charged for the cost of the items but will not have to pay the $5 fee.
Library director Melissa Campbell said more than $3,500 worth of materials has gone missing in the last two years. "We really want these back, because other people are waiting for them, too," Campbell said. For more information, call the library at 508-695-1784.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 04:03 PM
January 25, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Selectmen have placed 10 items on the warrant for the Feb. 12 Special Town Meeting.
The meeting was called so the town could approve approximately $50,000 to replace its backup ambulance, which recently failed a state inspection.
Also on the warrant will be: $615,000 for design and engineering of an expansion of the town’s sewer system; $4,000 for four water rescue suits for the Fire Department; $15,000 for a thermal imaging camera for the Fire Department; and $7,000 for cement repair work at the senior center.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 04:14 PM
January 14, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Selectmen have set a Feb. 12 date for a Special Town Meeting, where voters will decide whether to spend about $50,000 from the town’s ambulance reserve fund to purchase a used ambulance. The town’s backup ambulance recently failed its state inspection.
The warrant for the meeting will remain open until Tuesday, and Police Chief Edward Merrick said he may request a new bylaw that would allow a police camera to take photographs of traffic offenders’ license plates at the intersection of Route 1 and Route 152.
Town Administrator Joseph Fernandes said he was reluctant to ask selectmen to call the meeting, but it is necessary to purchase the replacement ambulance.
He said he hopes more spending items don’t get added to the warrant. "It’s kind of like having a surprise birthday party," he said of calling the special meeting. "You never know what you’re going to get."
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 11:05 AM
January 3, 2007
PLAINVILLE
Plainville’s downtown narrowly averted a large gas explosion when a pickup truck crashed into a bank yesterday, Fire Chief Theodore Joubert said.
The driver of the truck apparently had a seizure and pressed down on the gas pedal shortly after 2 p.m. His passenger, a woman, grabbed the wheel to avoid hitting the gas pumps at Cumberland Farms, and the
truck crashed through the wall of Foxboro Savings and Loan at 129 South Street.
The driver and passenger were taken to Sturdy Memorial Hospital.
Joubert said that when the truck caused the gas leak, it also damaged electrical and heating equipment. If that equipment hadn’t been damaged, it might have ignited an explosion, Joubert said. "We definitely dodged a serious bullet," he said.
The downtown area, including town offices and the senior center, was evacuated for about two hours.
–- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 10:30 AM
December 21, 2006
PLAINVILLE
A woman dropping money into a Boston-area kettle earlier this month
(Globe Staff Photo by Tom Herde)
Salvation Army bell-ringers in the area are collecting quarters, dimes, and nickels this holiday season – oh, yeah, and any highly valuable South African gold coins you happen to own are welcome, too.
Two Krugerrands – gold South African coins – were dropped into Salvation Army kettles last week. Ruth Blais, an official at the Attleboro branch of the Salvation Army, said she thought someone may have dropped the first gold coin in by mistake. That was until volunteers found a second one.
One coin was dropped into a kettle outside Stop and Shop in Plainville, and another was found in a kettle outside Wal-Mart in North Attleboro.
Blais said the coins are worth more than $600 each.
"They’re gorgeous," Blais said. "They’re beautiful coins."
Earlier this month, the Salvation Army in Topeka, Kan. found a valuable gold American coin in a kettle.
The Salvation Army will sell the coins and use the money to fund Attleboro-area programs, Blais said.
Blais has a message for the anonymous donor: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, and every penny will go toward helping people in this area."
"He’s going to help keep somebody warm this winter," Blais said of the mysterious stranger. "He’s going to help somebody have electric lights."
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 02:14 PM
December 19, 2006
PLAINVILLE
Federal labor officials have cited a Plainville-based construction company for allegedly exposing employees to fall hazards at sites in Newton and Danvers, according to a statement released Monday.
Shawnlee Construction LLC, a wood framing contractor, faces $164,000 in fines, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Inspections in June and August found Shawnlee employees working at heights up to 33 feet without fall protection at a residential construction project in Newton. Others were found working in similar conditions at heights up to 22 feet in Danvers, OSHA said.
-- AP
Posted by Martin Finucane at 05:27 PM
December 1, 2006
PLAINVILLE
The Plainville School Committee chose a sitting Rhode Island superintendent over a local principal to lead Plainville’s schools last night.
The School Committee appointed David Raiche, superintendent of the West Warwick, R.I. school system, as Plainville’s next superintendent, contingent on successful contract negotiations.
Clinton Crocker, the school board chairman, said that Raiche’s experience leading a larger school district with six schools gave Raiche the edge over Anne Houle, the principal of the Anna Ware Jackson Elementary School in Plainville.
Crocker said that Raiche impressed the School Committee in his interview.
“I thought he was more of a go-getter,” Crocker said.
Raiche will stay on at West Warwick for several months, helping the district through its budget process. Crocker said he hopes Raiche will start working in Plainville sometime in March. Until then, retired Superintendent Michael Malone will continue in his interim capacity.
The superintendent job was advertised with a salary of $115,000 to $125,000.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 01:58 PM
November 19, 2006
PLAINVILLE
Selectmen approved a change to a proposed 40B housing development on Nov. 13, allowing Al Pace Jr. to turn the Messenger Street development into apartments.
The project had previously been approved as condominiums. Six of the apartments will meet state criteria for affordable housing, but the town will be able to count all of the units as part of its affordable housing stock. Under state guidelines, 100 percent of units in 40B rental developments count towar its affordable housing numbers.
In ownership developments, only the affordable units count toward the numbers.
Town Administrator Joseph Fernandes said that town officials are hoping that the Messenger Street development, along with another 40B development called Edgewood Apartments, will help the town quickly reach a threshold of 10 percent affordable housing.
Until that threshold is reached, the state can overrule the town if it rejects developments that inckude affordable housing.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 09:30 AM
November 18, 2006
PLAINVILLE
Stanley Nacewicz, the owner of the building that used to be home to Falk's Market in downtown Plainville, said he is open to selling the building at the right price and under the right conditions.
Town officials view the building as key to their plans to redevelop the town center, and they have said that Nacewicz is asking too much for the property. The building is listed at $549,000, but officials say it is assessed at well under $200,000.
Nacewicz, the city assessor for Attleboro and a member of the Plainville Board of Assessors, said the building would be assessed at a higher value if it were occupied by a business and is worth more than its assessed price.
He added that he recently turned down an offer of $525,000 because the prospective buyer planned to tear down the building. "My interest is in the preservation of that building," Nacewicz said.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 08:30 AM
November 15, 2006
REGION
Wrentham police are investigating whether a Plainville teen brought a gun to King Philip Regional High School last week. The teen has been taken into custody on unrelated charges.
"All we have is the allegation that he had a gun in the locker," said Police Chief Joseph Collamati. "We're trying to corroborate the information we have."
Police were at the high school last Thursday interviewing students when they received word that the 15-year-old they were asking about had gotten into a head-on collision in Plainville that morning.
The teen was arrested by Plainville police on a number of traffic charges. While in custody, the teen admitted to disposing of a gun near the scene of the accident and police returned to find a 9mm handgun, Plainville Chief Edward Merrick said.
The teen is being held at the Rhode Island Training School in Cranston, R.I. for violating his probation on a previous charge in that state, Merrick said. He has a juvenile court appearance in Massachusetts scheduled for Nov. 29.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 12:25 PM
November 6, 2006
PLAINVILLE
A 24-year-old North Dartmouth woman carrying a campaign sign on a ballot question was hit and killed yesterday by a vehicle on Route 1, police said.
Shannon O'Driscoll was wearing dark clothing and crossing the street about 5:30 p.m. when she was struck by a 1987 Chevrolet sport utility vehicle driven by Daniel F. Collier, 50, of Attleboro, police said. She was pronounced dead at Sturdy Memorial Hospital.
Police said no charges were expected.
-- Globe City & Region staff
Posted by Martin Finucane at 08:50 AM
October 29, 2006
PLAINVILLE
Diane Marie Patenaude of Plainville offered this item to the Boston Globe Magazine's "Tales from the City" department.
A couple of years ago, I boarded a trolley at the Cleveland Circle Green Line. A few stops later, a mother and daughter got aboard and sat down in front of me. The little girl appeared to be about 3 years old, and I soon gathered that this was her first trolley ride.
When the car left the St. Mary's Street Station and entered the subway tunnel, the mother announced enthusiastically, "And now, we are going under the ground!" As we passed through the long, dark passage, the girl looked intently out the window for almost a minute before turning to ask, "But, Mommy, where are all the dead people?"
Posted by Martin Finucane at 09:01 AM
October 17, 2006
PLAINVILLE
Don't lace up those cleats and pump up your soccer ball just yet.
The “Field of Dreams” recreation complex likely won’t be seeded until spring, Parks Director Maureen Dunfey said.
The fields were scheduled to be seeded this fall, and the change may mean that the complex won’t open for play until fall of 2008, rather than the spring of that year, Dunfey said.
“We’ll have to see how [the grass] comes in, I guess, once it starts growing,” she said. Drainage for the site won’t be installed until Oct. 28, Dunfey said, which may be too late to plant the grass seed.
“We don’t want to spend all that money and not have it come in,” she said.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 03:57 PM
September 11, 2006
PLAINVILLE
A dead blue jay found in Plainville has tested positive for West Nile virus, state and local health officials said.
A Plainville resident spotted the bird on Sept. 6, and state officials notified the Plainville Board of Health of the positive test today. It was the 36th bird to test positive for the virus in Massachusetts this year, and the first in Norfolk County. Eighty-three birds tested positive for West Nile virus in 2005.
Donna Rheaume, spokesperson for the state Department of Public Health, stressed that people should use insect repellent to protect themselves from mosquitoes, which spread both West Nile virus and the eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus. The EEE virus killed a Middleborough boy last month.
"We want to stress prevention," Rheaume said. "Even though it is cooling off, we’re really not out of the woods until the first
frost."
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 07:20 PM
September 7, 2006
PLAINVILLE
The town of Plainville has a new fire chief.
Theodore Joubert, who started working on July 24, comes to the department from North Attleboro. Joubert was one of 27 applicants for the position.
His goals include preparing for more development in the area by upgrading equipment, and increasing the department size.
-- Calvin Hennick
Posted by Martin Finucane at 02:11 PM
June 13, 2006
Back before computers and even typewriters, Plainville officials kept the town's records by hand. A new project will immortalize all town bylaws, regulations and minutes in electronic form.
Town Clerk Kathleen Sandland said she hopes to scan records dating back to 1905, and will definitely include all those from 1943 and on, when the town began typing its minutes.
Town Meeting voters last night approved $25,326 for this project as they finalized a $22.1 million budget.
Posted by Martin Finucane at 04:35 PM
June 13, 2006
More people of modest means may soon get a chance to buy a home in Plainville.
Town Meeting voters Monday night approved a bylaw requiring developers to reserve at least 10 percent of their units for affordable housing.
With this bylaw, officials hope to keep Plainville from slipping backwards in its percentage of affordable housing as new developments spring up. Read more in Thursday's Globe West. -- Alexandra Perloe
Posted by Martin Finucane at 04:31 PM
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