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A new town budget, a new sewer budget and a new method for choosing the town's police chief were among the highlights of this week's 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 attendance at the start of last November's Special Town Meeting. Residents voted on a total of 21 articles...

Word has been received that Julia Warren Tucker of Medford, Oregon, who maintained her ties to Bourne throughout her life, died December 21. She was 87. She was born in Boston, the daughter of Richard Tucker and Shirley Keene Tucker. She grew up in Wellesley and in Bourne, where she and her mother spent time with her grandmother, Betsey D. Keene, who was the author of “History of Bourne 1622–1937.” Through her grandmother she learned the history of the town where the Keene family had lived for many generations, and would keep up with her connections to the residents of Bourne V...