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Select Board votes to restart DPW building panel

Seekonk Select Board voted to relaunch its search for a DPW building committee after an earlier $40 million design collapsed.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 14

Government · Select Board

Select Board Backs Medeiros Farm Traffic Study, 3-1

Seekonk Select Board votes 3-1 to fund a Medeiros Farm traffic study after years of delay.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 30

Government · Select Board

Seekonk board OKs library contract, new vote policy

Seekonk signs $983,515 library design deal amid new contract-review push.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 16

Government · Select Board

Select Board Rejects Medeiros Farm Traffic Study

Seekonk Select Board splits 2-2, kills Medeiros Farm traffic study after Clerk Robert Archambault recuses over a conflict of interest.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 2

Government · Select Board

Seekonk board declines Medeiros Farm contract despite AG clearance

Seekonk board clears itself on open meeting law, but Medeiros Farm design fight drags on. An Attorney General's office letter read by Vice Chairperson Michael Healy found no violations in Darlene Taylor's complaints over the town's 2021-2025 handling of the farm purchase.

Townbrief reporting · Aug 19

Government · Select Board

Seekonk board suspends K&A Auto's license in 3-1 vote

Seekonk Select Board suspends a used-car dealer's license and clashes over a $50,000 school contract.

Townbrief reporting · Aug 5

Government · Select Board

Seekonk Select Board Votes 3-2 to Put South Fire Station Debt Exclusion on November Ballot

Seekonk Select Board splits 3-2 to put South Fire Station debt exclusion on November ballot.

Townbrief reporting · Jul 8

Government · Select Board

Seekonk Select Board Rejects Medeiros Farm Design Contract in 3-2 Vote

SEEKONK -- June 24, 2026, Seekonk Select Board voted 3-2 to reject the designer services contract for the Medeiros Farm project and ordered an independent traffic study before any design work proceeds. The twin

Townbrief reporting · Jun 24

Government · Select Board

Seekonk Select Board Awards Arcade Avenue Contract to Higher Bidder, Citing Prior Project Failures

SEEKONK -- June 17, 2026, Seekonk's Select Board voted 3-2 to bypass the low bidder and award a $2.67 million-plus paving contract to J.H. Lynch and Sons for Arcade

Townbrief reporting · Jun 17

Government · Select Board

Seekonk Select Board Splits 2-2 on Paving Bid, Orders Special Meeting

Seekonk Select Board deadlocks on paving contract and tables Medeiros Farm design award. The board split 2-2 twice on June 10 on competing motions to award a roughly $2.6-to-$3.2-million on-call pavement and sidewalk rehabilitation contract, first failing to approve J.H.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 10