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It’s not hard to find recent examples of places where broaching the need to close schools has blown up in district leaders’ faces. More than two decades of plummeting birth rates have hollowed out classrooms from coast to coast, yet board members and superintendents who propose a consolidation or shutdowns can easily find themselves out […]

Montague Town Meeting voters pass $10.8M budget, fully fund Police Dept. After a failed amendment to level fund the Police Department’s budget, Montague voters approved a town operating budget of $10.8 million at Annual Town Meeting on Saturday outside Franklin County Technical School. STAFF PHOTO/ MARY BYRNE Related stories MONTAGUE — After a failed amendment to level fund the Police Department’s budget, voters approved a town operating budget of $10.8 million at Annual Town Meeting on ...