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Bourne’s amended town charter is now in place. The Massachusetts Legislature and former governor Charles D. Baker Jr. have signed the updated version, which puts the work of the most

The Bourne Charter Review Committee will recommend a number of changes to the town charter for residents to vote on at Special Town Meeting next month. The committee’s recommendations include

The Bourne Charter Review Committee was given several areas to consider amending or changing in the town charter, two of them specific to the function of town counsel. Bourne Town

A section of the Bourne Town Charter calls for meetings of several town boards and committees to be televised. The one board mentioned in that section that currently does not have its meetings televised is the Bourne Board of Health. That could soon change. Section 8.6 (d) of the charter stipulates that “Meetings of the board of selectmen, the school committee, the board of health and the planning board shall, if possible, be televised on the local cable channel or streamed on the town’s website.” The board of health is the only one in that group whose meetings are not televise...