This Week in Norfolk County: Jun 8 - Jun 14
Here's everything published on Norfolk County News this week.
HMHS Finals Begin Monday as Holbrook Schools Head Into Final Week
Holbrook Middle-High School finals week begins Monday, June 15, signaling the final stretch of the school year. HMHS will hold early-release dismissals Monday through Wednesday as students sit for ...
Sharon Wins $250,000 State Grant to Upgrade Town Digital Infrastructure
Sharon landed a $250,000 Healey-Driscoll Administration fiber grant, the day's headline item heading into a full June 15 Monday. The award, part of $10.1 million distributed statewide through the C...
Dover-Sherborn Tennis Falls Just Short of State Title in Singles Showdown
Dover-Sherborn's tennis team fell just short of a state championship as a decisive singles match decided the title. Back in town, the Level 2 Significant Drought declaration limits nonessential out...
Franklin Town Council Approves FY27 Operating Budget and Capital Plan
Franklin's Town Council approval of the Fiscal Year 2027 operating budget is the week's defining municipal action. The FY27 spending plan, prominently featured on the town's official homepage at fr...
Brookline Opens Public Health Plaza Tuesday, Earns State Climate Leader Designation
Brookline's new Public Health Plaza opens with a ribbon-cutting Tuesday as the state confers a Climate Leader Community designation on the town. The Department of Public Health and Human Services i...
Bellingham Planning Board approves 40 Grove Street backlot special permit 4-0
Bellingham Board of Health funds well tests near failing septic system
Bellingham Conservation Commission Splits on Vernal Pool Buffer Waiver for Blackstone Street Road
Brookline Public Health Department Opens New Plaza with June 16 Ribbon Cutting
Brookline opens a new Public Health Plaza next week as the library launches its summer reading season. The Public Health & Human Services department set a ribbon-cutting ceremony and pollinator gar...
Weymouth Moves Fireworks Spectacular to July 5, Citing 250th Anniversary Conflicts
Weymouth's Fireworks Spectacular shifts to July 5, bumped by Boston's massive 250th-anniversary celebration. The town announced the date change on its official website, citing circumstances beyond ...
TriBoard Session Set for Monday as Sharon Readies Cleanup and Flag Day
Sharon enters a community-packed weekend ahead of a rare joint TriBoard session Monday. The Select Board, Finance Committee, and School Committee are scheduled to convene together June 15 in one of...
City Delivers Eastern Nazarene Campus Purchase Materials to Quincy City Council
Quincy City Council received additional purchase documents for the former Eastern Nazarene College campus on Friday, the sharpest civic development of the day. Mayor Tom Koch also announced a Patri...
Holbrook Schools Enter Finals Week With Last Day Set for June 18
Holbrook's school year closes out next week as HMHS final exams bring early release Monday through Wednesday, June 15–17, and all district students wrap up on Thursday, June 18 — the 180th inst...
Dover Fire Department Receives $40,000 Katelyn Tosi Foundation Gift
Dover's fire department is $40,000 richer thanks to the inaugural gift from the Katelyn Tosi Foundation. The donation, highlighted in the town's News Flash and the subject of Dover Patch's headline...
Malden Planning Board Votes 9-0 to Recommend Ban and Moratorium on Data Centers
Nashoba Regional School Committee Reorganizes as Food Service Outsourcing Debate Intensifies
Dover hosts public forum on proposed tree preservation bylaw, polling shows broad support
Dover Select Board Weighs MWRA Water Connection as Answer to Quality Woes
Dover Board of Health sends revised well regulations to Town Counsel for review
Weymouth Zoning Board Unanimously Approves Citizens Bank Drive-Through Special Permit
Wellesley sues state over 40 Oakland Street affordable housing proposal
Wellesley sues the state over a 40 Oakland Street affordable housing proposal. The Select Board and the town filed a complaint Wednesday in Norfolk County Superior Court challenging the development...
Groton Conservation Commission Fines 60 Valley Road Owner for Unpermitted Wetland Work
Wellesley sues in Superior Court over 40 Oakland Street housing plan
Wellesley sues over 40 Oakland Street affordable housing proposal. The Select Board on Tuesday filed a complaint in Norfolk County Superior Court challenging a development advanced under the state'...
Foxborough Conservation Commission Approves Two Wetland Orders, Continues Reservoir Project
Bellingham Select Board honors 19-year member, picks senior center parking design
Patch raises North 40 fire station question on otherwise quiet Wellesley news day
Quiet Monday in Wellesley as Patch's morning roundup carries the day. The town's News Flash, the Wellesley Free Library and Wellesley Public Schools all posted nothing new in the past 24 hours, lea...
This digest covers June 8 - 14, 2026. Visit Norfolk County News for full articles and transcripts.