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After initial plans to renovate the basketball and tennis courts at Butterfield Park proved to be too expensive, the town has reined in its plans to stay within budget.The new plan focuses solely on tennis court upgrades. “We couldn’t afford to do...

“Signs, signs, everywhere are signs,” says the 1970 pop song. So too, said Bourne residents at Special Town Meeting as a proposed zoning change prohibiting the use of certain display

Bourne Special Town Meeting gets underway on Monday, October 24, with 15 warrant articles to be voted on by town residents. Among the big ticket articles on the warrant are

The final budget sets aside about $8.3 billion in budget reserves, which bring them to the highest level in the city's history.

Undisciplined management and a spending spree in Mayor Eric Adams’ upcoming fiscal year 2023 budget will set the city back.

Cohassets Special Town Meeting will take place on Monday, Dec. 13

Neil Zolot / Special to the Melrose Free Press The School Department and Department of Public Works are planning needed capital projects for Fiscal Year 2022 and beyond, totaling millions. “We’re glad to get to some of the projects we were not able to last year because of COVID,” Superintendent Julie Kukenberger said at the School Committee meeting Tuesday, June 22, the first at City Hall in over a year. “I’m amazed at the projects we plan to do, but also a little nervous,” DPW Dire...

Wicked Local Already facing a potential increase to their water rates, Cohasset residents’ wallets may be in for another hit in 2022. An article on the warrant for the upcoming Annual Town Meeting on May 24 is proposing an increase to the town’s current sewer rates. The increase will be the first since 2017, but will come at no small cost, with a proposed jump of 10%. After staving off increases for four years, Sewer Commission Chairman Bill McGowan said his board was left with no other opt...

Greenfield City Council to discuss $1.35M police capital request for 3-year station upgrade next week Greenfield Police Chief Robert Haigh Jr. in his office at the Police Station on High Street. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz City Council is expected to be asked in its meeting next Wednesday to approve, reject or modify a capital request from the police chief for $1.35 million to begin a three-year upgrade and renovation of the Police Station on High Street, pictured. STAFF FILE PHOTO/DAN LITTLE P...

A new town budget, a new sewer budget and a new method for choosing the towns police chief were among the highlights of this weeks Bourne Special/Annual Town Meeting. More than 100 people filled the gymnasium at Bourne Middle School for Town Meeting Monday night, May 3. A total of 115 voting residents were in attendance when Town Meeting commenced, far exceeding the reduced quorum of 15 that town officials had recently approved. It was also more than double the 56 residents who were in attendan...