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TAUNTON — All but one of Taunton's city councilors are running for reelection in November. But they will be up against at least 11 challengers. That's how many have taken out nomination papers with more than two months to go for more candidates to join the crowded field. Taunton's current city councilors include Council President Chris Coute, Barry Sanders, Deborah Carr, Phil Duarte, David Pottier, Gerald Croteau, Jeff Postell, John McCaul and Donald Cleary. Carr is undecided about whether she wants to run again.  John McCaul McCaul has been serving on the City Council for 10 years. H...

Taunton City Council voted Tuesday night to take one step closer to raising the number of retail marijuana licenses in the city to 8.

Taunton City Council voted Tuesday night to take one step closer to raising the number of retail marijuana licenses in the city to 8.

TAUNTON — A new gasification facility, meant to deal with the region's sludge, has been proposed to built on the site of Taunton's defunct landfill. It would be owned and run by Aries Clean Technologies — a Tennessee-based company whose facilities, one in Tennessee and one soon-to-open in New Jersey, take sewage sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants and turn it into biochar through a gasification process.  Aries's plan boasts financial boons for the city, especially after the closure of the landfill on East Britannia Street last year. But the city has received a letter...

TAUNTON — After a defeat in court and before the Taunton City Council, there are more barriers for Fairhaven-based retail marijuana company Bask Inc. to open in Taunton.  The company has faced opposition for over a year from residents with traffic concerns about their proposed location at 400 Winthrop St. and some city councilors, but the road ahead is more unclear than ever before. In December, the company won in Land Court with the judge overturning the City Council's decision to deny them a special permit and ordering the Council to issue the permit. But the measures Bask has taken ...