By Dave Watkins in News — 29 Sep 2026

ZBA delays vote on Rocky Woods project

ZBA continues Rocky Woods hearing after tribal, water concerns. Lakeville's Zoning Board took up Simmons Hill LLC's revised 199-unit Rocky Woods subdivision, where Wampanoag tribal representatives raised sacred-site and water-quality concerns and residents pushed for independent hydrologic study near a protected wellhead.Lakeville News
Select Board moves to fill vacant fire department leadership. Lakeville's Select Board weighed hiring retired chief Jeffrey Lynch as interim fire department administrator after Chief Michael O'Brien went on extended medical leave with the deputy chief also out, leaving the department without on-site leadership.Lakeville News
Planning Board pulls senior housing overlay from fall warrant. Lakeville's Planning Board pulled a proposed senior housing overlay district for Lakeville Country Club from the fall Town Meeting warrant after the applicant failed to finalize zoning language, and set October 22 hearings on open space design and battery storage bylaws.Lakeville News
Conservation Commission continues four wetland hearings to October. Lakeville's Conservation Commission took up a driveway replacement and a backyard greenhouse project, continued four wetland matters, including several notices of intent, to an October 13 hearing, and debated a proposed $25 fee for late continuance requests.Lakeville News

New wetland protection bylaw takes effect in Lakeville. Lakeville's new Wetland Protection Bylaw officially took effect this week, giving the Conservation Commission updated authority over activities near wetlands, rivers and other protected resource areas across town, according to a town alert posted this weekend.Town of Lakeville

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