I don’t know how common it is for Town Meeting to conclude its business in one evening – I suspect not very – but that’s exactly what happened last night. Read the full article → from Southborough Town Meeting wraps up in one evening
Tonight at Trottier, Southborough voters will dig into the 27 articles that make up this year’s town meeting warrant. It’s a shorter list than most years, but there are still some big issues to hash out, from budgets to capital purchases to changes to our town government, and more. Read the full article → from LIVE BLOG: Southborough Annual Town Meeting 2013 – Day 1
Hopefully you don’t need me to remind you that Southborough’s Annual Town Meeting starts tonight at 7:00 pm at Trottier Middle School. If you’re doing some last-minute cramming before tonight’s session, here are some links and resources that will help. Read the full article → from Reminder: Southborough’s Annual Town Meeting starts TONIGHT
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (4/8/13 – 4/12/13)
For nearly 30 years, Southborough Youth and Family Services has operated a summer camp for middle school children. After a round of budget cuts a few years ago, they lost town funding for the program, but continued to operate thanks the generous support of local businesses, community groups, and the Friends of the Southborough Youth Commission. This year, the donations were not enough, and SYFS made the difficult decision to cancel the camp program. Read the full article → from Youth and Family Services needs your help to send kids to summer camp
There has been much discussion on this blog over the past few days about a proposal to create an enterprise fund for the Transfer Station. Now town officials say they will likely move to postpone a vote on the fund at Town Meeting on Monday. Read the full article → from Selectmen may move to postpone Town Meeting vote on controversial Transfer Station fund
This is a post I publish every year before Town Meeting. If you’re on the fence about whether to attend Southborough’s Annual Town Meeting on Monday evening, here are seven reasons why you should. Read the full article → from Seven reasons to attend Town Meeting
As we continue our look at the issues Town Meeting will consider when it convenes next week, today we’ll talk about an article you won’t get to vote on. Read the full article → from On the warrant: Fingerprinting door-to-door solicitors (Article 24)
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen John Rooney has made no secret of the fact he believes the Transfer Station should be a self-funding operation. This year he hopes Town Meeting voters will take a step toward getting it there. Read the full article → from On the warrant: Enterprise fund for the Transfer Station (Article 23)
It’s not uncommon for Southborough’s Annual Town Meeting to stretch into a second or even third night as voters consider budgets, bylaw changes, and more. But this year, Town Moderator David Coombs said things might be different. Read the full article → from Moderator hopes to wrap up Town Meeting in one night
Today we continue our look at the questions voters will tackle at Town Meeting next week with a rundown of the various capital requests. Read the full article → from On the warrant: A new ambulance, police cars, and DPW equipment (Article 11)
Last month, Democrats in Southborough met to elect delegates to the state convention in June. Here’s more from the Southborough Democratic Town Committee. Read the full article → from Southborough Democrats elect delegates
Southborough’s Annual Town Meeting gets underway one week from today. (You’ll be there, right? Right?). To help you with your vote, this week we’ll be taking a look at some of the articles that appear on the warrant this year. I’ll share what information I have, but I encourage you to ask questions and share your opinions in the comments below. First up is a series of articles that aims to change aspects of our town government. Read the full article → from On the warrant: Giving the town administrator more authority, expanding the Board of Selectmen (Articles 7-9)
A list of department and committee meetings for the week. Read the full article → from The week in government (4/1/13 – 4/5/13)