The Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District will host an open house July 30 to discuss a list of future rail and bus stations. The locations are along the proposed expansion corridors for public transportation service from Boston to New Bedford and Fall River. Among the target locations are Easton, Freetown, Norton, Middleborough, and Raynham. More information on the rail project, including criteria used to select station locations, is available at southcoastrail.com. Kristina Egan, the state Executive Office of Transportation's rail project manager, will be at the open house to answer questions. The event will be from 3 to 6 p.m. at the planning agency's offices at 88 Broadway, Taunton. Public comment will be accepted until July 31. - Christine Legere
BRIDGEWATER-RAYNHAM
NEW SUPERINTENDENT - Jacqueline Forbes will take over as superintendent of the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District on Aug. 4. She is the former schools superintendent in East Providence, R.I., and the third to head up the Bridgewater-Raynham regional school system in five years. George Guasconi served a year as the district's top administrator. Prior to Guasconi, Robert McIntyre was superintendent. Forbes was chosen from a pool of 24 candidates. The regional school committee negotiated a salary of $149,500 with Forbes for the first year of her three-year contract. Salaries for the other years are to be negotiated. The contract also includes two one-year options to extend the agreement, according to School Committee chairman Gordon Luciano. Luciano said Guasconi will stay on through August to assist Forbes in her first month. - Christine Legere
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