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Data Centers

Mansfield residents approved a data center zoning bylaw at their annual Town Meeting on May 5. It creates strict limits on where and how data centers can operate in Mansfield. The measure effectively bars the kinds of large-scale facilities increasingly appearing across the country, while leaving a narrow pathway for smaller operations under close municipal oversight.

Flock Cameras

GOOD NEWS!! At a recent Sharon Select Board meeting, they voted unanimously to direct the town administrator and the police department to end the contract with Flock, i.e. not renew in September 2026, commit to holding public hearings should police wish to utilize any other surveillance equipment, and designate a town representative to meet with the citizen group (a.k.a. US) to work on a bylaw that would regulate surveillance equipment and be presented to voters at the 2027 spring town meeting.

Home Depot and Lowes use Flock cameras and share your data. Learn more here and share concerns with others.

REMEMBER

Things are NOT hopeless. This is a setback, NOT the end.

This decision is NOT final. This is a pivot point for what comes next.