What’s in a town meeting?
By Seth Bauer
The language of Town Meeting — constables and articles and warrants — comes straight from the earliest days of democracy in North America. The archaic language is awkward to decipher, […]
Foster property comes full circle at Town Meeting
By Peter O’Neil
In October 2022 Town Meeting voted in favor of spending $2.5 million to purchase 34 acres of a 62 acre property off Charles River Street as permanent open space. The Select […]
Town Meeting to decide on greening the town’s building code
By Peter O’Neil
In an effort to move the town’s residential and commercial buildings away from fossil fuel energy sources and toward electrification, Article 15 on tonight’s Special Town Meeting warrant recommends the […]
Select Board takes red pen to town bylaws
By Peter O’Neil
Coasting in the streets. Animals grazing through town. Dogs roaming while in heat. Those are just a few of the bylaws governing life in Needham that will be on the […]
Town plans to moo-ve on from grazing ban
By Peter O’Neil
The proverbial long wait for the cows to come home may be nigh in Needham. If Town Meeting approves, a ban on “grazing of animals” that may extend as far […]
Not everything at Town Meeting is worth talking about
By Peter O’Neil
Town Meeting will be asked to vote on 16 pieces of business tonight, but this does not mean that all 16 articles will be discussed. Some will be vetted in […]
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