Two years to the day since West Lake STEM Junior High was damaged in an earthquake, students and officials gathered Friday to break ground at the site of the new school.\n
Hancock voters approved all of the town’s warrant articles, including the $2.8 million operating budget.According to Select Board Chair Kurtis Grassett, this figure represented a 1.77% increase over last year’s budget, a significant portion of which.
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Published: 3/1/2021 4:13:51 PM
Major amendments to Hancock’s 2021 warrant are unlikely after little discourse at a virtual informational session on Saturday. This year’s virtual Town Meeting format precluded residents proposing amendments themselves, instead, participants were asked to submit questions and concerns to the Select Board by Monday, and the Select Board would make any changes to the warrant if there was clear community support. The Select Board is scheduled to finalize the warrant during a second informational session Wednesday evening, and residents will submit ballots via a drive-up process on March 9 at the elementary school.
Saturday’s session lasted an hour and a half, with 55 people attending. Many articles went by without comment. The Select Board elaborated that the proposed budget is just $7,700 higher than last year’s, in part because the town’s debt service rates went down after they paid off one truck lease and renegot