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Meeting summary The Fall River City Council held a special meeting primarily to finalize and pass the Fiscal Year 2027 municipal budget. The central point of contention was the school transportation budget. The School Committee had requested $17.1 million, while the mayor's proposed budget allocated $16.65 million, leaving a $450,000 shortfall. After a lengthy discussion with Interim Superintenden...

Meeting summary The Fall River Board of Health held a virtual meeting on July 27, 2026, with members Thomas Cory and Michael J. Coughlin present. The board began by approving the minutes from their May 18, 2026 meeting. They then approved tattoo practitioner applications for Aaron Gerard and Lawrence Ford. Three applications for the keeping of animals were also approved: Jessica Perez for up to 8...

Transcript Welcome to Fall River Now. Here's your look at the week ahead in Fall River city government. The City Council holds a special meeting Tuesday evening at five-thirty to address major financial decisions. On the agenda is a third revised version of the proposed municipal budget for Fiscal Year 2027. Councilors will also vote on a continuing appropriation order to keep the city funded thro...

Meeting summary The Fall River Committee on Ordinances & Legislation, chaired by Councilor Andrew J. Raposo, primarily focused on school transportation funding, billboard regulations, and waterfront development. Following public comment from School Committee member Collin R. Dias regarding a dispute over the school transportation budget, the committee held a lengthy discussion with city and sc...

Transcript Welcome to Fall River Now. This is our weekly recap for the week ending July 24, 2026, where we cover the most significant local government news. Topping the news, a City Council committee is backing the creation of a new panel to oversee school transportation funding. The Committee on Ordinances and Legislation, chaired by Councilor Andrew J. Raposo, also ordered a review of the city's...

Transcript Welcome to Fall River Now. Here's your look at the week ahead in Fall River city government. The City Council's Committee on Ordinances and Legislation meets Thursday at 5 p.m. to take up a number of resolutions. On the agenda is a discussion about creating a special committee to look at school transportation. The group will also talk about development, traffic, and parking concerns alo...

Transcript Welcome to Fall River Now. This is our weekly recap for the week ending July 17, 2026, where we cover the most significant local government news. Topping the news, the City Council reversed course this week to pass a contentious city budget. At a meeting on Tuesday, councilors approved a budget for July after previously rejecting numerous items in the administration's proposed fiscal ye...

Transcript Welcome to Fall River Now. Here's your look at the week ahead in Fall River city government. The City Council has a packed agenda for its meeting Tuesday evening at 5:55. Mayor Paul E. Coogan is seeking approval for a loan order of nearly six-point-nine million dollars for repairs and maintenance at the Third Street Parking Garage. Also up for a vote is a one-point-four million dollar a...

Transcript Welcome to Fall River Now. This is our weekly recap for the week ending July 10, 2026, where we cover the most significant local government news. Topping the news, a major downtown redevelopment project received a big boost this week. On Thursday, state officials announced one-point-five million dollars in state housing tax credits for the Durfee Block project at 84 North Main Street. A...

Transcript Welcome to Fall River Now. Here's your look at the week ahead in Fall River city government. First up, the Conservation Commission has a very full agenda for its meeting tonight, Monday, at 5:30 p.m. Many of the items were carried over from last month's meeting. Several large-scale projects are up for review. McAllister Towing is seeking approval to repair and replace a bulkhead, elevat...

Transcript Welcome to Fall River Now. This is our weekly recap for the week ending July 3, 2026, where we cover the most significant local government news. Topping the news this week, the Fall River City Council voted to reject the mayor's revised budget for fiscal year 2027. The vote took place at a special meeting on June 30th, the final day of the fiscal year. The council also passed a vote of...

Transcript Welcome to Fall River Now. Here's your look at the week ahead in Fall River city government. The city's finances are the focus of a special City Council meeting on Tuesday evening at five-thirty. Councilors will take up the Mayor's revised proposal for the Fiscal Year 2027 municipal budget. The discussion will center on the General Fund Appropriation Order. The meeting will also include...

Transcript Welcome to Fall River Now. This is our weekly recap for the week ending June 26, 2026, where we cover the most significant local government news. Topping the news, the City Council rejected the mayor's proposed Fiscal Year 2027 municipal budget in a contentious meeting on Tuesday. The council first made large cuts to the Emergency Medical Services budget before voting down the overall c...