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Who Came To Town Meeting?

by Linda Brenckle

The fact that only 3 percent of voters turned out for elections last week makes me wonder who is shaping Northborough. A look at Town Meeting attendance gives more insight. On each of the two nights of Town Meeting this year, about 190, or 8% of voters were in attendance. However, scheduling conflicts [...]

Update: Town Election Results

Update: For those keeping score! The write in counts just were published, apparently the write in counts in the first draft were counted as blanks. For more detail see link.

No surprise, the incumbents won!

Moderator: Fred George, Incumbent 266, write ins 15, blank 25

Board of Selectmen: Leslie Rutan, Incumbent 257 write ins 15, blank 34

Planning Board: [...]

Town Elections, Monday May 10th

All voting locations are open from 7a.m. until 8p.m.
Northborough’s voting precincts are as follows:

Precinct 1 vote at Proctor School on Jefferson Road
Precinct 2 vote at Lincoln Street School on Lincoln Street
Precinct 3 vote at Peaslee School on Maple Street
Precinct 4 vote at Zeh School on Howard Street

You may also visit the website www.wheredoivotema.com to check [...]

Cell Tower Siting Subcommittee

Town Meeting supported the non-binding warrant article for a moratorium, so where does that leave the question? Per Rick Leif, chairman of the Planning Board, a moratorium can only be put in place by Town Meeting and the Citizen’s Petition was declared by Town Council as non-binding, thus there won’t be a moratorium this year.

However, [...]

Town Meeting Continued, 4/27

Town Meeting continued for the remaining articles

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Town Meeting 4/26

Quorum is reached.

Summary notes from Town Meeting (written live from the meeting.)

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Update: Town Budget

If you have not had the opportunity or haven’t heard, this year’s budget has been produced in book form and is available to the public. The Town Budget Books are available for viewing at Town Clerk’s office, Library, and Town Administrator’s office.

In preparation of participating in the Government Financial Officers’ Association’s (GFOA) Distinquished Budget [...]

Town Meeting

Town Meeting is to take place April 26th starting at 7:30 at the Algonquin Auditorium and may be extended to 27th and 28th if need be. Town Warrant Books are now available at the Town Clerk’s Office, Library, and on the Town website. Town Budget Books are available for viewing at Town Clerk’s office, Library, [...]

Short Takes from the Board of Selectmen's Meeting

Notes from April 11th’s meeting:

Town Warrant Books are now available at the Town Clerk’s Office, Library, and on the Town website. Town Budget Books are available for viewing at Town Clerk’s office, Library, and Town Administator’s office. (FY2011 Town Budget is planned at a 1.6% increase over FY2010.)

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MSBA Reimbursement History Part 2: 2006 to the Present

by Linda Brenckle

The history resumes in October of 2006 when the RSC received its first MSBA lump-sum payment of $25.4 million (75% of its calculated grant). In September and October of that year, Northborough requested clarification of how town RSC assessments would be impacted using both the 70B and RA [...]