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LEVERETT — About 150 residents convened in the Leverett Elementary School gymnasium on Saturday morning where they passed all 30 articles on the Annual Town Meeting warrant, including a pair of Community Preservation Act spending requests for...
LEVERETT — An request for Community Preservation Act money to park and nature trail narrowly won approval at Saturday’s annual Town Meeting, where 150 residents passed all 30 articles on the warrant. In addition to the controversial CPA request,...
Leverett voters OK $6.5M budget; resolution on tribal lands withdrawn Leverett voters meet outside the elementary school for Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting.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on the warrant as read, with the exception of the final article on a resolution concerning Native Americans, which was withdrawn by the petitioner.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 from the Nonotuck and Pocumtuck tribes. However, it was withdrawn by petitioner Jim Perkins after exp...
Leverett voters OK $6.5M budget; resolution on tribal lands withdrawn Leverett voters meet outside the elementary school for Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting.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on the warrant as read, with the exception of the final article on a resolution concerning Native Americans, which was withdrawn by the petitioner.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 from the Nonotuck and Pocumtuck tribes. However, it was withdrawn by petitioner Jim Perkins after ex...
Leverett voters get down to business at TM, election; resolution on tribal lands withdrawn Leverett voters meet outside the elementary school for Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting.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on the warrant as read, with the exception of the final article on a resolution concerning Native Americans, which was withdrawn by the petitioner.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 Leverett occupies was taken from the Nonotuck and Pocumtuck tribes. However, it was withdrawn by petitioner...