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The town has a total area of 25.5 square miles (66 km 2), of which 23.1 square miles (60 km 2) is land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km 2), or 9.67%, is water.The town is bordered by Dighton on the northeast, Somerset on the east, Mount Hope Bay on the south, Warren, Rhode Island, on the southwest, Barrington, Rhode Island, on the west, and Seekonk and Rehoboth to the north.
SWANSEA — With two public information sessions held earlier this month, the decision to renovate the historic Town Hall Annex at 68 Stevens Road will come to a vote on Monday, Oct. 28, at a ...
On Nov. 6, Swansea Town Meeting will decide whether to build a new municipal complex to house government offices. The plan would create two new buildings on the site of the old Del Mac Orchard at ...
[1] [2] The Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR) is the canonical compilation of regulations promulgated by state agencies pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act and is updated through the Massachusetts Register. [1] Both the Code of Massachusetts Regulations and Massachusetts Register are published by the secretary of the ...
The building housing the town offices, separate from the annex, was gifted in 1890, when Swansea’s population was 1,456. Now the town is home to approximately 17,000 residents, Lapointe shared.
For instance, changes to town by-laws require approval by the Massachusetts Attorney General, but changes to city ordinances do not. [9] A 1966 amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution affirmed the right of local municipalities to self-government and to the exercise of powers not inconsistent with state law. It also prohibited the state ...
Session Laws that are not codified into the General Laws are called Special Acts, and might include matters affecting an individual or a particular city or town. [2] In legal citations, Massachusetts General Laws are abbreviated as M.G.L. or G.L. Provisions in the General Laws are identified by chapter and section, e.g., Mass. Gen. L. c. 93A, § 9.
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