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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 Saturday's annual town election, as John Cotton and Thomas O'Hara were reelected to new terms on the Board of Selectmen. Cotton, the board's current chairman, led all candidates in the three-way race for two seats on the board with 1,136 votes. O'Hara, the board's vice chairman, received 932 votes. Marie Stone garnered 861 votes in her bid for one of the board's two seats. Voters also passed 1,445-217 the lone question on the ballot Saturday seeking a debt exclusion to fund the first phase of the town's wastewater treatment project. At a cost of $54 mill...

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 town's water quality problems. 436 voters unanimously approved the project at this year's 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’re paying it through loss of aesthetic value, we’re paying it through loss of recreational va...