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Leverett voters OK $6.5M budget; resolution on tribal lands withdrawn Leverett voters meet outside the elementary school for Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting. STAFF PHOTO/MARY BYRNE By MARY BYRNE LEVERETT — Voters at Annual Town Meeting on Saturday approved every article on the warrant as read, with the exception of the final article on a resolution concerning Native Americans, which was withdrawn by the petitioner. The article aimed to acknowledge that the land Leverett occupies was taken f...

Leverett voters OK $6.5M budget; resolution on tribal lands withdrawn Leverett voters meet outside the elementary school for Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting. STAFF PHOTO/MARY BYRNE Related stories LEVERETT — Voters at Annual Town Meeting on Saturday approved every article on the warrant as read, with the exception of the final article on a resolution concerning Native Americans, which was withdrawn by the petitioner. The article aimed to acknowledge that the land Leverett occupies was taken ...

Leverett voters get down to business at TM, election; resolution on tribal lands withdrawn Leverett voters meet outside the elementary school for Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting. STAFF PHOTO/MARY BYRNE Related stories LEVERETT — Voters at Annual Town Meeting on Saturday approved every article on the warrant as read, with the exception of the final article on a resolution concerning Native Americans, which was withdrawn by the petitioner. The article aimed to acknowledge that the land Leveret...

Recognition of wrong to tribes highlights Leverett’s Annual Town Meeting warrant Published: 4/29/2021 4:01:31 PM LEVERETT — An acknowledgment that the land Leverett occupies was taken from the Nonotuck and Pocumtuck tribes could be made by residents when Annual Town Meeting convenes on Saturday. The petition article states that “injury and injustice perpetrated on the native peoples by the colonial enterprise blights our collective conscience,” and if adopted would require all future An...