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Orleans Board Drafts First Special Events Policy
Orleans Select Board reviews its first-ever special events policy and opens debate on FY27 environmental goals.
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Select Board Picks Brick, Clapboard For Fire Station
The Orleans Select Board voted 4-1 to lock in brick-and-clapboard exterior materials and a metal roof for the town's new fire rescue station.
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Select Board Weighs Bikeways Charge Rewrite
Orleans Select Board reviewed a rewrite shifting bikeway project work from volunteers to staff.
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Select Board Directs Revisions to Committee Charge, Policies
Select Board directed staff to revise committee charge and policies in workshop review. Chair Mefford R. Runyon led the session with Vice Chair Michael A. Herman, Member Mary V.L. Wright and Member Kevin F. Galligan present; Clerk Mark W. Mathison was absent.
Government · Select Board
Select Board approves fire-station design in 4-1 vote
Orleans Select Board approved fire-station design in 4-1 vote, selecting clapboard-and-brick exterior with standing-seam metal roof for new Fire Rescue Station. Board members debated durability and longevity of proposed materials.
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Select Board Backs Brick, Clapboard Fire Station
Orleans Select Board backs brick-and-clapboard design for $55 million fire station.
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SELECT BOARD CALLS SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, APPROVES BUDGET TRANSFERS
The Orleans Select Board called a Special Town Meeting for November 18, 2026, and approved approximately $162,000 in year-end budget transfers. The transfers include $80,000 to launch a body-worn camera program for the Police Department and approximately $82,000 from the Fire Department's budget to
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Select Board advances financial policies, discusses committee overhaul
Orleans Select Board advanced eight financial policies and discussed restructuring inactive committees during a workshop session. The board voted unanimously to send the policies, including Capital Improvement Plan and Ambulance Billing Procedure provisions, to a future regular meeting, while
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Orleans Select Board Sets November 18 Special Town Meeting After Date Conflict
Orleans Select Board sets November 18 Special Town Meeting after scrapping a November 16 date that conflicted with a regional one-cape conference. The board voted unanimously on the revised date at its July 15 meeting, also approving an August 3 warrant opening and September 23 closing deadline.
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Orleans Select Board advances financial policies, holds investment rules for deeper review
Orleans Select Board advances a package of nine financial policies and debates stalled housing goal at summer work session. The board, with Chair Mefford R.
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