Water Company Acquisition on September 26 Special Town Meeting Warrant
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By Kevin Rudden Staff Reporter/Columnist ... 2017-09-21 Town Meeting Members will decide next Tuesday, September 26, whether Milford should spent $63 million to buy the privately owned Milford Water Company and create a town department overseen by an elected Board of Water Commissioners.
Specifically, there are five articles on the warrant up for a vote:
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Retail Marijuana Voted Out in Milford
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By Kevin Rudden Staff Reporter/Columnist ... 2017-09-20
By a 676 vote margin, Milford’s voters decided on September 19 not to allow retail marijuana cultivation, testing facilities, product manufacturing and retail sales in town. A Zoning By-law amendment carrying out their decision still has to be enacted at the October 30 Special Town [more]
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Christine Cochran, Outstanding Teacher of the Year
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By Melissa Orff Staff Reporter ... 2017-09-20 Christine Cochran, a first-grade teacher at Brookside Elementary School, was chosen as the 2017 Senator Louis P. Bertonazzi Outstanding Teacher of the Year. She is shown with State Sen. Louis Bertonazzi,(far right) whose foundation presents the annual award, and Superintendent Dr. Kevin McIntyre [more]
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Selectmen Discuss Rolling Out Electrical Aggregation Program
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By Michelle Sanford Staff Reporter/Columnist ... 2017-09-20
The Upton Board of Selectmen is trying to get the word out to residents concerning their participation in the electrical aggregation program with Colonial Power. During a September 5 meeting, the Selectmen met with Colonial Power representative Mark Cappadona to once again discuss details concerning [more]
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Upton Library Officials Considering Renovation to Existing Facility
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By Michelle Sanford Staff Reporter/Columnist ... 2017-09-20 The Upton Town Library Trustees are currently looking to expand and renovate the existing library space in the Knowlton Risteen building. If the board goes forward with expanding the space, the library size would increase from the current 3,200 square feet to about 6,400. No matter what, the Tru [more]
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Raises of 1.5 to 2.5 percent in New Contracts for School District Faculty and Staff
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By Melissa Orff Staff Reporter ... 2017-09-20 New three-year contracts have been signed and sealed for much of the faculty and staff in the Mendon Upton Regional School District announced school officials during a September 11 School Committee Meeting.
“We are excited to announce that all five of our MOA (memorandum of agreement) contracts hav [more]
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