Acushnet agendas cover quarry expansion, sewer transfer, wetland permits; no votes confirmed yet
Acushnet boards posted agendas for four meetings between Sept. 29 and Oct. 1, 2026, covering a proposed quarry expansion and asphalt plant, a sewer budget transfer, two wetland building permits, and closed-door contract negotiations. Minutes have not been published for any of the four, so none of the items below can be reported as decided. What follows is what the agendas say was scheduled.
Planning Board: quarry expansion at 72 South Main Street
The Planning Board meets Oct. 1 at 6:00 PM in a hybrid format to continue a public hearing on PJ Keating Company's proposed upgrades and expansion of its quarry facility at 72 South Main Street (Map 15 Lot 17), including a new asphalt plant and stormwater management features. Also on the agenda: a request for a one-year extension and release of lots 9 and 10 at Deep Brook Estates, with lots 1-8 remaining under covenant; an informal meeting on a proposed solar photovoltaic canopy at Ford Middle School, 708 Middle Road (Map 19 Lot 20.21); Approval Not Required requests at 3 Tripp's Way (Map 8 Lot 25) and 112 & 152 Quaker Lane (Map 6 Lots 19 and 20); and possible amendments to the Solar Bylaw. Votes are scheduled on recommending adoption of the 2026 Open Space and Recreation Plan and the 2026 Water Resource Management Strategy.
Selectmen: sewer transfer, golf club manager, one-day liquor license
The Board of Selectmen meets Sept. 30 at 4:30 PM in the Selectmen's Meeting Room. The agenda lists three public hearings on Eversource petitions to install underground cables, conduits, and manholes on Morses Lane, Lake Street, and Lynne Ellen Drive. Under new business, the board is scheduled to consider a sewer enterprise budget reserve transfer presented by Dan Menard, a loader grant, a vote on a Golf Club change of manager for Dana Przybyzewski, a one-day liquor license for The Sangria Lady for Pawtoberfest on October 18, several appointments, a resignation, and water abatements. An executive session is listed under M.G.L. c.30A, Sec. 21(a)2 for contract negotiations for a Principal Assessor Consultant.
Conservation Commission: two wetland permits
The Conservation Commission meets Sept. 30 at 6:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Meeting Room at 122 Main Street for public hearings on two Notices of Intent. Austin J. Cusson, Hathaway Road (Map 12, Lot 15E, SE 001-0630) proposes demolishing an existing building and building a single-family dwelling, septic system, and utilities within the 100 ft. wetland buffer and 200 ft. riverfront boundary; the applicant requested a continuance to the October 14 meeting. Dan Moniz / DPM Development Corp., 3 Alison Drive (Map 12, Lot 11E, SE 001-0632) proposes a single-family house, driveway, grading, utilities, and landscaping within the 100 ft. wetland buffer, with work up to the 25 ft. buffer zone. The agenda also lists discussion of PJ Keating Company's DEP file #0558 and 16 Hunter Street, and minutes for approval from September 16, 2026.
School Committee: negotiations in executive session
The School Committee Negotiations Sub-Committee meets Sept. 29 in executive session, closed to the public, under purpose 2 (strategy sessions for negotiations with nonunion personnel) and purpose 3 (collective bargaining or litigation strategy, ATA negotiations). The location is the Superintendent's Conference Room, Ford Middle School, 708 Middle Road. No other substantive items are on the agenda.
Status of decisions
All four records are agendas only, and minutes have not been published. The supplied data does not establish that any item was voted on, approved, denied, or continued.
Coming up
The supplied data lists no upcoming meetings for the next 14 days. One date appears in the Conservation Commission agenda: a requested continuance to October 14. Readers should check the town's official postings for that and other meetings, which this roundup cannot confirm.