Bourne Housing Authority Cancels Meeting, Books Two More Sessions

BOURNE — The Bourne Housing Authority called off its Thursday meeting even as the Conservation Commission and Council on Aging Advisory Board kept their sessions on the calendar, and the town added Historical Commission and Board of Health meetings to next week's docket.

TOWN HALL

The Housing Authority's Thursday, August 20 meeting was cancelled, according to the town's online meeting calendar. The Council on Aging Advisory Board and the Conservation Commission both still met as scheduled that same day. Looking ahead, the Historical Commission is set to meet Tuesday, August 25, and the Board of Health will hold a hybrid meeting Wednesday, August 26.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS

"Mary Ellen Monteith Obituary (2026) - Quincy, MA - Keohane Funeral Home - Legacy" is how a Keohane Funeral Home notice on Legacy.com headlined the death of a Quincy woman with a Bourne connection. Per Legacy.com, Monteith will be buried at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, and her family has asked that memorial gifts go to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute rather than flowers (read it at https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/mary-monteith-obituary?id=62224923).

COMING UP

Residents can catch the Canal Region Farmers Market and Concerts by the Canal Thursday, August 20. Meditations on the Beach returns Sunday, August 23. The Historical Commission meets Tuesday, August 25, at 4 p.m. Wednesday, August 26 brings a hybrid Board of Health meeting.

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.