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Government · Town Meeting

Town Meeting votes 168-45 to buy LaBarre land

Milton Town Meeting voted 168-45 to authorize borrowing $11.75 million to purchase the La Barre College property, sending the question to a December 15 townwide ballot.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 29

Government · Town Meeting

Cohasset Town Meeting Backs $20.9M Police Station

Cohasset Town Meeting approved $20.9 million for a new King Street police station and narrowly repealed its plastic water bottle ban.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 27

Government · Town Meeting

Town Meeting Approves $11.75M Labore Property Purchase

Milton's Special Town Meeting approved a $11.75 million purchase of the former Labore College property, 168-45, sending the land deal to a December 15 debt-exclusion vote.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 19

Government · Town Meeting

Officials Preview Milton's $11.75M Land Deal

Milton previewed a $11.75 million land purchase ahead of next week's Town Meeting vote.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 14

Government · Town Meeting

Milton previews nine-article Town Meeting warrant

Milton's Warrant Committee previewed nine articles for the October 19 Special Town Meeting, led by an $11.75 million proposed purchase of the Laboure College property.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 8

Government · Town Meeting

Town Meeting Approves Chestnut Hill Rezoning, ICE Limits

Brookline Town Meeting voted 217-26 to create the Chestnut Hill Commercial Overlay Zoning District and 192-34-14 to enact a bylaw limiting ICE enforcement on town property.

Townbrief reporting · May 28

Government · Town Meeting

Town meeting creates override stabilization fund

Brookline Town Meeting voted 217-24-5 to create an override stabilization fund holding part of the $23.25 million property tax override voters approved in May. Select Board member Michael Rubenstein said the structure "allowed us to keep the ballot number below $25 million."

Townbrief reporting · May 27

Government · Town Meeting

Town Meeting Approves $439.9 Million Budget

Brookline Town Meeting approved a $439.9 million fiscal 2027 budget and a raft of transparency and compensation measures.

Townbrief reporting · May 27

Government · Town Meeting

Plainville Town Meeting rejects Senior Village zoning change in 56-to-47 vote

Plainville Town Meeting rejected a zoning change that would have stripped size limits from the Senior Village Overlay District, with reconsideration also failing.

Townbrief reporting · May 21

Government · Town Meeting

Plainville Town Meeting Passes $45.7 Million Fiscal 2027 Budget by Majority

Plainville Town Meeting approved a $45,759,691 fiscal year 2027 operating budget on May 21, passing by majority with three votes in opposition.

Townbrief reporting · May 21