Tracy F. Seelye

WHITMAN – Old Colony Regional Planning Council kept things in perspective July 15 as Whitman resident and Senior Planner for Housing and Public Engagement with the OCPC Jason Desrosier presented results of a 2024 Whitman survey at a public meeting at the Whitman Public Library Community Room on Tuesday, July 15.“It’s been nice to work […]

By Linda Ibbitson HurdSpecial to the ExpressWhen my daughter Heidi was grown, she was the first one out of our four children to give us a grandchild. When she was five months along, one day by chance we both happened to be at the Kingston Mall at the same time. Heidi had been concerned about […]

HANSON – Aggressive sales techniques employed by door-to-door solicitors – in particular those recruited from other states to represent a pest control company that has allegedly been encouraging that approach – has led to a special order from Hanson Police Chief Michael Casey.He has advised his officers if they get even one complaint – or […]

WHITMAN — No injuries were reported as the Whitman Fire Department quickly extinguished a house fire that started in a pet snake enclosure on the second floor of a home on Morgan Road Sunday night.Whitman Fire responded to a report of a house fire at 12 Morgan Road, a two-story wood frame house at about […]

WHITMAN – The Whitman Middle School Building Committee met July 22 to review the project’s financial and construction progress.The committee meets next on Aug. 26, where they expect to sign a beam in anticipation of a “topping off” ceremony.The current cost to the town is $67 million.“Sixty-seven million dollars vs $89 million has a much […]

HANSON – Camp Kiwanee’s budget will be back before the voters at the October special Town Meeting to correct a revenue projection to fund the line item, while the Select Board also discusses on Tuesday, July 22 as how best to put a now-fully staffed Camp Kiwanee Commission to best use.The events at the May […]

Change can be hard, but it is inevitable.With that in mind, I am announcing that next week’s Whitman-Hanson Express will be my last in the role of editor – I am retiring from full-time journalism after nearly 40 years of working for community newspapers.Many of you may be aware that I’ve been dealing with Parkinson’s […]

Whitman and Hanson are both issuing public advisories concerning mosquito-borne illness after a Whitman test sample had a positive result for West Nile Virus (WNV) and Hanson’s risk level was raised to moderate after a mosquito sample in neighboring Halifax tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) announced that West […]

HANSON – Town Planner Anthony DeFrias met with the Select Board at its meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 5 to discuss progress of the town’s housing production plan.“This is not a hearing,” said Chair Laura FitzGerald-Kemmett. “It’s just a presentation. This has already been presented at the Planning Board [but] under Chapter 40B regulations, towns are […]

WHITMAN – Now that the town’s Recreation and Open Space Survey is complete, comes the task of determining how the results can be woven into the town’s long-term plans. It was the first update to open space and recreation plans in 20 years.Select Board member Justin Evans, at the board’s Tuesday, Aug. 19 meeting, tied […]