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Maynard Finance Committee Recommends 14 Warrant Articles, Defers Seven Ahead of Town Meeting

MAYNARD — April 13, 2026 — Maynard Finance Committee recommends 14 of 32 Annual Town Meeting warrant articles and defers seven others pending Select Board action. Meeting via Zoom on April 13, the five-member panel — Chair Katie Moore, Peter Campbell, Linda Holt, Nikhil Rao, and Nathan Wigfield — voted 5-0 to

Finance Committee advances nearly $1 million in MEDC funding

MARLBOROUGH — April 13, 2026 — Marlborough Finance Committee advances $957,524 in MEDC transfers, with one dissent on the operating budget. The committee voted 4-2-1 to recommend an $807,524 transfer from economic development for MEDC's FY27 operating budget — a 2.96 percent increase — and unanimously backed

Finance Committee declines to recommend Route 20 housing zoning article

WAYLAND — April 13, 2026 — Wayland Finance Committee declines to recommend Route 20 multi-family housing zoning article. On a 1-3-2 roll call, members rejected Vice Chair Carl Barnes's motion to recommend Article 25 as written, with Barnes, Iris Hoxha and Pam Roman voting no and Phil

Cambridge Finance Committee Votes to Scope Social Housing, Supportive Housing, and Childcare

CAMBRIDGE — April 9, 2026 — Cambridge Finance Committee designates social housing, supportive housing, and childcare as top three budget priorities. The committee voted 7-0 Thursday to combine the Cambridge Preschool Program expansion and after-school program expansion into a single childcare priority and advance it alongside a social housing revolving

Townsend Finance Committee Flags Band Concert Funding Shortfall, Eyes Revolving Fund

TOWNSEND — April 9, 2026 — Townsend Finance Committee scrutinizes a $9,050 band concert budget and presses coordinator to pursue outside fundraising. At the April 9 meeting, longtime band coordinator Betty May told the four-member committee that the band services budget has dropped from $14,900 to $9,050 for

Millis Finance Committee Advances $48.2 Million FY27 Budget Toward May Town Meeting

PEPPERELL — April 8, 2026 — Millis Finance Committee advances $48.2 million FY27 budget and full warrant ahead of May Town Meeting. The committee met April 8 to review a proposed budget of $48,200,583 — a 3.5 percent increase for both municipal and school spending — with Town Administrator Mike

Newton Audit Committee Clears Federal Grant Review, Votes to Forward Reports to Finance Committee

NEWTON — April 8, 2026 — Newton audit committee clears three federal grant programs and advances single audit report unanimously. The Audit Committee voted without dissent at its April 8 meeting to forward the fiscal year 2025 single audit report and management letter to the Finance Committee, covering $20.7 million in

Carlisle TAC Agrees on Two-Track Plan for Road Safety Projects Before Paving Season

CARLISLE — April 7, 2026 — Carlisle's Transportation Advisory Committee agreed April 7 to split its road safety project list into two tracks — paving-aligned low-cost treatments and larger capital projects — as the 2026 construction season gets underway. Community Development Director Alisa Sandoval reported that Concord's town

Finance Committee Approves Recycling Center Hiring Exception, Flags Legal Budget Surge

TOWNSEND — April 7, 2026 — Townsend Finance Committee unanimously backed a Board of Health hiring exception and raised alarms over a $50,000 jump in the legal services budget. Meeting on April 7, the committee approved filling hours at the recycling center's revolving-fund-supported operation while a current

Finance Committee transcript yields no record of April 7 deliberations

NATICK — April 7, 2026 — Natick Finance Committee's April 7 meeting record is effectively missing from public access. The Natick Pegasus transcript supplied for the hybrid meeting noticed by Chair Todd Gillenwater contains only the fragment "anything between our last meeting and the start of town meeting,"

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