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Board OKs Letter on MWRA Sewer Project Costs
Select Board authorized a letter objecting to an MWRA sewer cost-sharing plan while declining to pick between two project options.
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Select Board Backs Special Town Meeting Articles
The Belmont Select Board voted unanimously to recommend favorable action on eight Special Town Meeting articles, while holding back part of an article dissolving two building committees.
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Select Board votes to keep single tax rate
Boxborough's Select Board kept a single property tax rate for fiscal 2027, raising the average homeowner's bill by $570.61 to $14,941.61.
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Board Backs Blasting To Speed High School Rebuild
Lexington's Select Board backed a plan to use blasting instead of mechanical rock removal at the Lexington High School site to recoup six weeks lost to a 46-day permitting delay.
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Select Board Approves Bikeway Closure for MWRA Project
Arlington's Select Board approved a winter closure of the Minuteman Bikeway and removal of dozens of shade trees for a Massachusetts Water Resources Authority pipeline project exceeding $30 million.
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Board rejects tax rate split for fiscal 2027
Select Board unanimously rejected all four proposed tax allocations for 2027, keeping single rate; average single-family tax bill rises $540.
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Select Board adopts FY28 override guidance
Groton's Select Board unanimously adopted fiscal year 2028 budget guidance directing the town manager to prepare a balanced budget plus three tiered Proposition 2½ override options.
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Select Board Signs Dec. 3 Town Meeting Warrant
Sherborn Select Board signed the warrant for a Dec. 3 Special Town Meeting at Pine Hill centered on a housing project. The board voted unanimously to approve the warrant, thanking residents for keeping it free of citizen petitions: "This was needed because of the housing project."
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Belmont Launches FY28 Budget Planning Process
Belmont held the first of three FY28 budget summits, warning a new override will likely be needed in fiscal 2029.
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Finance Officials Present FY28 Budget Framework
Belmont finance officials told a joint budget summit the town's $8.4 million override will now stretch through fiscal 2028, a year longer than originally planned.
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