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Marshfield Town Meeting Approves $7 Million Override, Triggering Mandatory Ballot Vote

MARSHFIELD — June 15, 2026 — Marshfield Town Meeting approves $7 million override option, sending question to a town ballot that must be scheduled by the Select Board. More than 1,500 residents packed the high school gymnasium June 15 as Town Meeting voted to adopt a $121.4 million baseline FY2027

Marshfield Town Meeting Approves $7 Million Override, Triggering Mandatory Ballot Vote

MARSHFIELD — June 15, 2026 — Marshfield Town Meeting approves $7 million override option, sending question to a town ballot that must be scheduled by the Select Board. More than 1,500 residents packed the high school gymnasium June 15 as Town Meeting voted to adopt a $121.4 million baseline FY2027

Lakeville Special Town Meeting Approves $800,000 Health Insurance Transfer From Free Cash

Lakeville Special Town Meeting approves $800,000 free-cash transfer to cover employee health insurance shortfall.

Lakeville Voters Approve $38.2M Budget, Reject Multiple School Funding Amendments

LAKEVILLE — June 8, 2026 — Lakeville Annual Town Meeting approves a $38.25 million fiscal 2027 budget and adopts a suite of new bylaws, but defeats every amendment seeking to shift more money to the regional school district. Voters on June 8 passed the base operating budget by majority after rejecting

Kingston Town Meeting Approves $63.7 Million Budget, Indefinitely Postpones Road Petition

KINGSTON — June 6, 2026 — Kingston Annual Town Meeting approves a $63.7 million operating budget and indefinitely postpones a disputed road acceptance by three votes. Voters at the June 6 meeting, presided over by newly elected Moderator Michael Cowett with 118 residents present, passed the fiscal year 2027 budget unanimously,

Plympton Passes $16.2 Million Budget Using Stabilization Funds, Rejects Health Board Restructuring

PLYMPTON — May 13, 2026 — Plympton town meeting passes a $16.18 million budget and rejects a Board of Health restructuring proposal. Voters at the May 13 annual town meeting unanimously approved the fiscal year 2027 budget, which draws $823,340 from the general stabilization fund to avoid a Proposition 2

West Bridgewater Town Meeting Approves $49M Budget, Rejects Water Board Change

West Bridgewater voters approved a $49.16 million FY27 budget but rejected a plan to make the Board of Water Commissioners appointed rather than elected.

Pembroke Town Meeting Approves South Shore Voc-Tech Membership, Sends Two Questions to Saturday Ballot

PEMBROKE — May 12, 2026 — Pembroke Town Meeting votes to join South Shore Voc-Tech district, but Saturday ballot decides final outcome. Voters at the May 12 Annual Town Meeting, with 417 residents present, approved two linked articles to join the South Shore Regional Vocational Technical School District: Article 10, Pembroke&

Halifax Town Meeting Converts Clerk and Treasurer Offices to Appointed Positions

HALIFAX — May 12, 2026 — Halifax Town Meeting advances governance overhaul and keeps $1.5 million override on Saturday's ballot. Meeting on the second night of the annual session, residents voted 149 to 79 to convert the town clerk's office from elected to appointed — the narrowest result

Halifax Town Meeting Approves $999,777 Override Ask for FY27 Ballot

HALIFAX — May 11, 2026 — Halifax Annual Town Meeting rewrites its override ask from $1.5 million to $999,777 after a last-minute $625,000 accounting discovery upended the budget. Town Administrator Stephen Sobo disclosed Friday, May 8, that approximately $625,000 in budget compilation discrepancies had emerged, prompting a

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