Town Meeting

Voters in Belchertown, Massachusetts, packed the local high school over the weekend for the annual town meeting. On the agenda was a budget that would stave off drastic cuts at the school district.

South Hadley is one of the latest Massachusetts towns to pass a tight budget at their town meeting – one that means another year of cuts for local schools. It’s also the latest to become a “welcoming community.”

At their annual town meeting this week, voters in Longmeadow, Massachusetts approved most of the warrant before them, including an $87.3 million operating budget.

Town Meeting Day in Vermont is over and the results show most communities passed school budget and financial bonds.

Plans to consolidate two middle schools in western Massachusetts received overwhelming affirmation in the face of opposition during a town meeting in Longmeadow this week.

Voters in Lenox, Massachusetts overwhelmingly approved a plan to expand cell phone coverage at Thursday’s annual town meeting.

Voters in Great Barrington, Massachusetts accepted an amendment to the town’s short-term rental bylaw but rejected more sweeping efforts to gut it during Monday night’s annual meeting.

The annual Great Barrington, Massachusetts town meeting is tonight.

With the Great Barrington, Massachusetts town meeting on Monday, months of local debate over short-term rental regulation could be settled in a vote between two proposed bylaws.

Berkshire County’s municipal election season is kicking into full swing this month.Communities across the westernmost county in Massachusetts are holding…