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Groveland Finance Committee Opens Budget Season, Hears Three Department Requests

GROVELAND — February 25, 2026 — Groveland Finance Committee kicks off FY27 budget season with library dues spike and $15 million water fund news. The committee heard presentations from three departments Wednesday without taking votes on any figures, scheduling a potential operational budget vote for March 11. Library Director Darcy Lepore told

Manchester Finance Committee Approves Town Department Budgets, Eyes Permit Fee Hike

MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — February 19, 2026 — Manchester Finance Committee approves multiple FY27 town budgets and flags building permit fees as too low. The committee, chaired by Sarah Mellish, voted unanimously to approve accounts including $2,498,122 for insurance and employee benefits, $2,065,107 in pension expense, $420,

Nahant Finance Committee Receives $1 Million Override Proposal to Fund Four New Firefighters

NAHANT — February 12, 2026 — Nahant Finance Committee receives dual-budget FY27 plan with $1 million operating override option. Town Administrator Allison presented two competing spending scenarios at the February 12 Finance Committee meeting: a level-services budget of $16.9 million and a $17.9 million override budget contingent on

Manchester Finance Committee Approves DPW, Enterprise Operating Budgets, Defers Trash Contract

MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — February 12, 2026 — Manchester-by-the-Sea Finance Committee approves six operating budgets and defers trash contract vote pending hauler proposal. The committee, chaired by Sarah Mellish, moved through DPW highway ($1,548,377), snow and ice ($145,000, with member Peter Twiney dissenting), street lighting,

Manchester Finance Committee Approves Fire, Parks Budgets Worth Nearly $2.7 Million

MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — February 5, 2026 — Manchester-by-the-Sea Finance Committee approved fire and parks budgets totaling roughly $2.7 million and deferred a coastal survey proposal as the school assessment dropped $700,000 below prior projections. Chair Sarah Mellish told the committee that what had appeared to

Groveland Finance Committee hears three departmental budgets, defers CPA project review

GROVELAND — February 4, 2026 — Groveland Finance Committee reviews three departmental budgets and previews 11 Community Preservation Act project applications totaling more than $2.9 million. Board of Health Chair Dave Greenbaum told the committee his health agent position has sat vacant for seven months at 17 hours per week, saying

Newbury Finance Committee warned of deep budget pressures ahead of May town meeting

Newbury Finance Committee hears grim fiscal warning ahead of May 5 town meeting.

Finance Committee Flags Risk in Schools' Plan to Tap Circuit Breaker Funds for FY27 Budget

NORTH ANDOVER — February 2, 2026 — North Andover Finance Committee raises concerns over school budget's $1.5 million circuit breaker draw. The committee, chaired by Regina Keene, spent its February 2 meeting reviewing five years of school expenditure data provided by Finance Director Dennis Cohen and examining a proposed

Manchester-by-the-Sea Finance Committee Approves Four FY27 Operating Budgets, Defers Harbor Capital

MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — January 29, 2026 — Manchester-by-the-Sea Finance Committee approves four FY27 operating budgets totaling roughly $1.2 million. The committee voted unanimously Thursday to approve the Harbor Department operations budget at $317,838, the launch service at $53,000, the Finance/Accounting Department at $295,

Groveland Finance Committee Hears Four Department Budgets, Flags Aging Assessors Software

GROVELAND — January 28, 2026 — Groveland Finance Committee opens FY27 budget review with four department presentations, flagging aging software as a top risk. The committee heard from Council on Aging Director Alyssa Lee, who reported 14,886 service interactions in the past fiscal year and requested a 2 percent salary increase

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