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Tewksbury Special Town Meeting Raises Senior Staff Salaries, Bars Assistant Town Manager from New Pay Plan

TEWKSBURY — May 6, 2026 — Tewksbury Special Town Meeting approves senior staff pay hikes over retention concerns, bars assistant town manager from new scale. Voters at Wednesday's special town meeting adopted an amended personnel bylaw raising salaries for five senior non-union positions after Town Manager John Curran warned

Arlington Town Meeting Unanimously Passes $247 Million Operating Budget for Fiscal 2027

ARLINGTON — May 6, 2026 — Arlington town meeting unanimously approved a $247 million fiscal year 2027 operating budget and a $19.6 million capital plan on budget night, May 6. Town Manager Jim Feeney told the nearly 300 assembled members that following March's successful override election, the town'

Wakefield Town Meeting Passes Dog Fines Increase, Approves $3.7 Million in Infrastructure Borrowing

WAKEFIELD — May 5, 2026 — Wakefield Town Meeting votes to raise dog fines and expand waste enforcement town-wide on second night. Voters on May 5 approved raising dog violation penalties to $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second, and $300 for subsequent offenses, and removed language that had

Acton Town Meeting Approves Insulet Tax Break, Arboretum Purchase, and Zoning Overhaul

ACTON — May 5, 2026 — Acton Town Meeting approves Insulet tax deal, $1.4 million arboretum expansion, and four zoning articles on night two. Meeting members voted by majority Tuesday to authorize Select Board negotiations on a tax increment financing agreement with Insulet Corporation, Acton's largest commercial taxpayer, for

Acton Town Meeting Approves Insulet Tax Break, Arboretum Purchase, and Zoning Overhaul

ACTON — May 5, 2026 — Acton Town Meeting approves Insulet tax deal, $1.4 million arboretum expansion, and four zoning articles on night two. Meeting members voted by majority Tuesday to authorize Select Board negotiations on a tax increment financing agreement with Insulet Corporation, Acton's largest commercial taxpayer, for

Wakefield Town Meeting Approves $137 Million Budget, Overrules Finance Panel on Schools

WAKEFIELD — May 4, 2026 — Wakefield Town Meeting approves $137 million fiscal 2027 budget, backing schools over Finance Committee. The May 4 annual town meeting voted to approve the School Committee's $58,716,611 school budget, rejecting Finance Committee Chair Jim Sullivan's recommendation to reduce the school

Tewksbury Town Meeting Cuts Shawsheen Tech Assessment to $3.75 Million, Approves Feasibility Study

TEWKSBURY — May 4, 2026 — Tewksbury Town Meeting slashed its Shawsheen Valley Tech assessment by nearly $6 million and narrowly approved a feasibility study for the aging vocational campus. Finance Committee Chair Richard Levasseur moved an amendment to reduce the district's fiscal year 2027 assessment from $9,560,993

Arlington Town Meeting Votes to End Country Club Tax Break, Ban Rodenticides

ARLINGTON — May 4, 2026 — Arlington Town Meeting votes to strip private country clubs of a 75 percent property tax break. Meeting members voted 190-18 Monday night to authorize filing a home rule petition to exempt the town from Massachusetts General Law Chapter 61B, which has allowed Belmont Country Club

Acton Town Meeting Approves $128 Million in School and Municipal Budgets for FY2027

ACTON — May 4, 2026 — Acton's Annual Town Meeting approved more than $128 million in combined school and municipal spending for fiscal year 2027 and authorized $2.75 million in borrowing to replace the failed heating and cooling systems at Town Hall. Select Board member Alyssa Nickell presented the

Hopkinton Heads to Town Meeting Saturday With Water, Schools, and Zoning on Ballot

HOPKINTON — April 30, 2026 — Hopkinton officials previewed a packed May 2 Town Meeting at the eHop Know Your Vote Forum on April 30. A town water official outlined plans for a Massachusetts Water Resources Authority connection to address supply shortfalls and water quality complaints including PFAS, iron, and manganese, calling

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