Orleans Planning Board Closes Comprehensive Plan Hearing, Targets May Town Meeting Vote
Orleans Planning Board unanimously closes fourth public hearing on 2025 Comprehensive Plan, advances document toward May town meeting.
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Orleans Advisory Council Targets Decades-Old Livestock Fence Setback for Change
Orleans Agricultural Advisory Council targets a 50-foot livestock fencing setback that members say puts virtually every livestock fence owner in town out of compliance.
Orleans Historic District Committee Approves Barn, Solar Array, and Renovation Applications
Orleans Historic District Committee unanimously approved three certificates of appropriateness at its March 5 meeting, with the most significant action clearing a $216,000 agricultural barn for the town's Putnam Farm Conservation property at 239 Rock Harbor Road.
Orleans Board of Health Sets One-Year Deadline for Phase Two Sewer Connections
Orleans Board of Health approves one-year deadline for roughly 370 phase two sewer connections, with letters expected around April 2.
Orleans ZBA Approves Hidden Valley Permit, Delays Vote on 6,355-Square-Foot Bay House
Orleans ZBA approves a modest Hidden Valley Road addition but balks at a 6,355-square-foot Pleasant Bay teardown.
Orleans Select Board votes to pursue override for Council on Aging assistant director position
Orleans Select Board commits to override for Council on Aging position, advances $59.6 million fire station warrant.
Orleans COA Board Votes 3-2 to Back Petition for Assistant Director Position
Orleans Council on Aging Board narrowly backs citizen petition for an Assistant COA Director, 3-2.
Orleans Water Quality Committee Backs Warrant Article Covering Six Pond and Monitoring Programs
Orleans Water Quality Committee unanimously endorses six-item water quality warrant article totaling more than $195,000. The committee voted to authorize its chair to send a letter of support for the article to the Select Board, which was scheduled to take it up the following evening.
Snow Library Trustees Approve Minutes, Weigh Community Refrigerator Proposal
Snow Library trustees heard proposals for a community refrigerator and a town-wide logo rollout at their March 3 meeting, while approving February minutes in the only formal vote of the session.
Orleans Conservation Commission Continues Hausman Hearing, Approves Tides End Berm Compliance
Orleans Conservation Commission clears a 2009 flood-control berm and delays a coastal bank decision in an eight-minute session.