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Oakham Appoints Highway Superintendent, Sets June 22 Town Meeting With $25,000 Budget Gap

OAKHAM — May 4, 2026 — Oakham Select Board appoints highway superintendent, sets June 22 town meeting as joint budget session leaves $25,000 gap. The board unanimously signed a contract with Mike Granger as highway superintendent at a salary of $75,000 for Fiscal Year 2027 and set the Annual Town

Oakham Appoints Highway Superintendent, Sets June 22 Town Meeting With $25,000 Budget Gap

OAKHAM — May 4, 2026 — Oakham Select Board appoints highway superintendent, sets June 22 town meeting as joint budget session leaves $25,000 gap. The board unanimously signed a contract with Mike Granger as highway superintendent at a salary of $75,000 for Fiscal Year 2027 and set the Annual Town

Oakham Appoints Highway Superintendent, Sets June 22 Town Meeting With $25,000 Budget Gap

OAKHAM — May 4, 2026 — Oakham Select Board appoints highway superintendent, sets June 22 town meeting as joint budget session leaves $25,000 gap. The board unanimously signed a contract with Mike Granger as highway superintendent at a salary of $75,000 for Fiscal Year 2027 and set the Annual Town

Hubbardston Select Board Faces $202,777 Budget Shortfall Ahead of June Town Meeting

HUBBARDSTON — May 4, 2026 — Hubbardston Select Board confronts $202,777 budget gap with Town Meeting set for June 1. Interim Town Administrator Sean Fitzgerald told the board Monday that the town's draft FY27 budget stands at $12,367,933 and remains out of balance after a zero-based

Gardner City Council pulls Teamsters letter, weighs executive session on labor talks

GARDNER — May 4, 2026 — Gardner City Council votes to remove Teamsters letter from calendar as labor concerns deepen. At the May 4 meeting, Councilor Kuszynski reported that a roughly one-hour call with a state Department of Labor Relations attorney left her with "more concerns than I went into

Gardner City Council pulls Teamsters letter, weighs executive session on labor talks

GARDNER — May 4, 2026 — Gardner City Council votes to remove Teamsters letter from calendar as labor concerns deepen. At the May 4 meeting, Councilor Kuszynski reported that a roughly one-hour call with a state Department of Labor Relations attorney left her with "more concerns than I went into

East Brookfield Select Board Tables Water Rate Vote, Eyes Three Restructuring Options

EAST BROOKFIELD — May 4, 2026 — East Brookfield Select Board examines three water rate options to close a $1.5 million fiscal 2027 gap, deferring any vote to May 11. The board reviewed internally modeled scenarios that would raise the quarterly base rate from $325 to as high as $475, driven

Douglas Select Board Unanimously Approves 20-Article Town Meeting Warrant

DOUGLAS — May 4, 2026 — Douglas Select Board approves full 20-article warrant for annual and special town meeting. The board voted unanimously Monday night to clear all 20 articles for action at the upcoming annual and special town meeting, with no carryovers from prior sessions. Articles 12 and 13, covering

May 1 Select Board Broadcast Is a Campaign Ad, Not a Meeting

A May 1, 2026 community access TV broadcast labeled as a Select Board meeting is in fact a solo campaign advertisement by member Carlos Garcia, who is running for re-election in the May 5 town election. No board meeting was convened, no quorum assembled, no agenda followed, and no votes taken.

Oakham Select Board Sets Police Budget at $217,729 Under Part-Time Chief Model

OAKHAM — May 1, 2026 — Oakham Select Board sets police budget at $217,729 under a restructured part-time chief model. At a special work meeting Friday, the board and Police Chief Fred Gehring worked line by line through the department's revised spending plan, setting the chief's

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