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Wood School holds curriculum night Thursday

Wood School hosts a curriculum night Thursday as Plainville schools head into a spirit-day stretch. Also in today's brief (5 items): Wood School hosts curriculum night Thursday; Wood School spirit day: country western wear; Select Board meets Monday night; Jackson School holds community…

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Select Board creates bylaw review committee

Select Board creates new Bylaw Review Committee and is seeking Plainville volunteers to serve. Also in today's brief (8 items): Select Board creates bylaw review committee; Town outlines electricity aggregation rate option; Jackson second graders visit Senior Center for bingo; Wood Scho…

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Planning Board Sets Hearings On West Bacon, Taunton Street Projects

Plainville's Planning Board will hold public hearings Monday on proposed projects at 5 West Bacon St. and 9 Taunton St., with the Conservation Commission following up on the Taunton Street site Tuesday. The Board of Assessors also meets Monday, and the School Committee's Policy Subcommi…

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Government · Select Board

Select Board hears $2.9M water main bid recommendation

Plainville Select Board reviews $2.9 million recommendation for South Street water mains. The town received bids from eight contractors to replace aging water main, some dating to 1911, ahead of a planned road project in the corridor.

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Government · Select Board

Select Board grants $7,500 to Gilly's House

Plainville Select Board awards $7,500 in opioid settlement funds to Gilly's House. Executive Director Barbara Gilmeister told the board she and her husband, David, founded the Sheldonville sober recovery house for men after their son, Steven, died of an overdose in 2016 at 25.

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of August 17, 2026 through August 23, 2026

One Plainville obituary was published this week: Fernberg, Robert W., 68, who died August 11, 2026. Fernberg was survived by his wife, Ann (Sardinha) Fernberg. The notice was posted by Legacy.com, with a matching entry on Echovita; funeral arrangements are with Dyer-Lake Funeral Home an…

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of August 10, 2026 through August 16, 2026

Two Plainville, Massachusetts obituaries were published this week: Fernberg, Robert, age 68, and Galvin, Therese, age 98. Fernberg's arrangements are being handled by Dyer-Lake Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Attleboro Falls; Galvin's by Alexander F Thomas and Sons in Walpole. Fu…

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