North Brookfield Town Meeting passes $15.4 million budget, scraps elected fire board. Voters approved a fiscal 2027 general fund operating budget of $15,383,318.17 across four motions, including $7,358,698.07 for schools, plus $834,679 for water and $1,384,330.64 for sewer enterprise funds.
HOLDEN -- June 8, 2026, Holden's Annual Town Meeting approved a $133 million Wachusett Regional School District budget and a full slate of municipal spending articles Monday night, acting on the town'
Brookfield town meeting adopted an $11.5 million fiscal 2027 budget but rejected a $100,000 wheelchair lift for town hall's second floor. Voters first turned down a substitute elevator plan, 19-68, then killed the original chairlift motion, 11-76, leaving the building without funded ADA access.
West Brookfield town meeting approves a $9.77 million budget that ends overnight police coverage and closes the elementary school.
HUBBARDSTON -- June 1, 2026, Hubbardston Annual Town Meeting approves $12.3 million in school and municipal budgets amid transparency complaints. Some 120 registered voters gathered June 1 at Hubbardston Center School and passed a
BARRE -- May 19, 2026, Barre Town Meeting votes 100-36 to abolish the DPW Commission and approves a $450,000 truck borrowing contingent on a debt exclusion election. The May 19 annual meeting passed
West Boylston Town Meeting approved a $32.8 million fiscal 2027 budget and more than a dozen other warrant articles. The omnibus budget, approved unanimously under Article 11, includes $15,049,914 for schools, $9,814,655 for municipal operations and debt, and $7,960,000 for employee benefits.
Dudley Town Meeting approves $31 million budget, exempts town property from state gun law. Voters acted on all 17 warrant articles Monday, passing the $31,027,502 fiscal 2027 budget by a two-thirds vote under newly elected Temporary Moderator Christopher Starczewski, with 186 voters present.
SHREWSBURY -- May 18, 2026, Shrewsbury Town Meeting approved a $169,810,336 fiscal year 2027 operating budget and launched a new municipal emergency medical services department at its annual meeting Monday. The Finance Committee
CHARLTON -- May 18, 2026, Charlton Town Meeting voted 71 to 41 to keep the town's Stretch Energy Code, defeating a citizen petition to repeal the building efficiency standard adopted in 2016. Robert
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