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As the sewer project in Mashpee moves closer to actualization, the town’s Sewer Commission is considering how a newly built wastewater treatment plant will need to be adjusted in the

Mashpee voters opted for continuity at Saturdays annual town election, as John Cotton and Thomas OHara were reelected to new terms on the Board of Selectmen. Cotton, the boards current chairman, led all candidates in the three-way race for two seats on the board with 1,136 votes. OHara, the boards vice chairman, received 932 votes. Marie Stone garnered 861 votes in her bid for one of the boards two seats. Voters also passed 1,445-217 the lone question on the ballot Saturday seeking a debt exclu...

MASHPEE —  Town meeting voters unanimously approved  funding for a new wastewater treatment plant Monday night, marking the culmination of decades of work to address the towns water quality problems. 436 voters unanimously approved the project at this years spring session, which was held outside Mashpee Middle-High School.  “We all have a stake in this,” Selectman Andrew Gottlieb told voters Monday night. “The cost of doing nothing is significant. We are already paying that price. We...

Update: This article has been updated with more recent information about a Monday Mashpee Board of Selectmen decision to vote to indefinitely postpone Article 7. Town Meeting voters on Monday will determine the future of the towns wastewater system, including a treatment plant, sewer substation and flow rules. Mashpee special and annual town meeting When and where: 7 p.m. Monday at Mashpee Middle-High School, 500 Old Barnstable Road Key issues:  1. Wastewater The biggest hot-button issue revo...

MASHPEE — Three articles set to go before voters at town meeting next month will help bring the town’s long-time-coming comprehensive watershed nitrogen management plan to fruition if passed. The Board of Selectmen voted last week to approve and recommend articles for the upcoming spring session on May 3. “If you want clean water, and you care about the future of both the environment of the community and the economic fundamentals of the community, we need to start to address the water qua...