Article: Monmouth to vote for fourth time on school budget plan

Article: COMMENTARY; Town meeting tradition is not practical for these times
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......McCARTHY There's no question about it: Town meeting is the best entertainment in town. Stop in at almost any town meeting and you'll see drama, laughs, suspense...New Englanders love the idea of town meeting. It's our Pilgrim roots. It's quaint...

Article: Friction abounds as town meeting is reviewed
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  December 6, 2005 ;     547 words ......particularly rancorous and plodding annual town meeting last spring, Marshfield Town Moderator...Unfortunately, at recent meetings, the town meeting review committee has appeared just as dysfunctional town meeting. Still, those involved insist that...

Article: DISPUTES WEYMOUTH; Plymouth brags that it birthed town meeting
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  May 1, 2004 ;     388 words ......Patriot Ledger PLYMOUTH Weymouth may lay claim to the first town meeting, but local historians say town meeting began in Plymouth with the Pilgrims. It wasn't called town meeting in the early days because Plymouth never incorporated as a town...

Article: Town meeting has backers, detractors
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  May 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Town meeting has backers, detractors Recent meeting...headed to the microphone. A first-time town meeting member representing Precinct 8, Lee...Lee is certain of one thing: He wants town meeting, that quintessential New England institution...

Article: Budget showing 2.5% increase heads to town meeting
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  March 30, 2005 ;     472 words ...The Patriot Ledger Marshfield town meeting will vote on a $63.4 million operating...the articles voters will consider at town meeting April 25. The advisory board and the...of $4 million. At last year's spring town meeting, voters approved a $4.2 million increase...

Article: Modern life challenges Town Meeting tradition Moves afoot to update Town Meeting institution
The Boston Globe;  April 21, 1996 ;     700+ words ...With the institution called Town Meeting coming under increased scrutiny across...next monthwould force all Hopkinton Town Meeting appropriations of $1 million or more...Hopkinton residents who did not attend Town Meeting, presumably a much larger number than...

Article: A BAY STATE LEGACY ATTENDANCE SLIPS, BUT TOWN MEETING IS STILL PIVOTAL IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
The Boston Globe;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......And at least one instance of nudity. Town meeting would seem to have all the necessary...Massachusetts nears the end of annual town meeting season, which arrives each year with...dilute the 374-year-old institution of town meeting. In some of the fast-growing western...

Article: HOW MUCH LONGER CAN TOWN MEETING SURVIVE?
The Boston Globe;  May 7, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Brookline held an election for Town Meeting and nobody bothered to run...but the shrinking pool of Town Meeting candidates running in recent...whether Brookline's historic Town Meeting form of government can long...

Article: Town meeting takes care of business quickly; Only three nights needed this year instead of usual six or seven sessions
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  May 11, 2004 ;     535 words ......quickest gathering in at least 10 years, town meeting in Braintree finished its business...the typical six or seven. The annual town meeting came a month after voters took a long, hard look at town meeting and decided to keep it. The assembly...

Article: TOWN MEETING 2005; Voter unrest concerns moderator; Proposal to give hard look to town meeting gets voice-vote OK
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  May 3, 2005 ;     434 words ......they will never come back. Marshfield's town meeting was slow, fitful and nasty this year...during the fourth and final session town meeting session. The nonbinding resolution...selectmen to allow Robinson to appoint a town meeting review committee. The committee would...

Article: Town meeting staying at 126 members; Suggested reduction to 84 falls far short of approval
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  April 13, 2004 ;     477 words ......Ledger Plymouth will continue to have 126 town meeting members. A proposed reduction to 84...committee, was rejected at the annual town meeting session last night. The vote was 88...night, proponents of eliminating 42 town meeting seats said the reduction would increase...

Article: Saved by vote, town meeting shifts into gear
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  May 8, 2004 ;     519 words ......looking relaxed and slightly confused. Town meeting - which he has belonged to for five...since voters decided last month to keep town meeting, rather than replace it with a nine...pace keeps up, it would be the quickest town meeting in 10 years, and a sharp departure from...

Article: Plan to pare town meeting supported; Three officials endorse idea at 1st of 3 hearings
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  February 22, 2006 ;     575 words ...The Patriot Ledger Change town meeting or get rid of it entirely? Those are possibilities facing town meeting members in Randolph when they convene...a plan to cut the number of elected town meeting members from 240 to 120. Howard said...

Article: PLAN TO SHRINK TOWN MEETING UP FOR VOTE
The Boston Globe;  October 3, 2004 ;     371 words ...BRAINTREE--- The longest-serving Braintree Town Meeting member believes it's time for some of...144. The plan is to go before Special Town Meeting tomorrow night. Dykstra has been a Town Meeting member for 42 years, having been first...