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SELECT BOARD APPROVES $17,295 IN BEAUTIFICATION AND LIBRARY FUNDING

Select Board approves $17,295 in beautification, library funding. The Board unanimously approved $5,000 for the Men's Club's seasonal planter maintenance and $12,295 to replace aging "Welcome to Upton" signs with permanent granite versions. Library Director Matthew Bachtold presented three gifts

Select Board opens warrant for May town meeting, approves debt exclusion

Upton Select Board unanimously opens warrant, places debt exclusion and override on ballot. Chair Laura Hebb and members Maureen Dwinnell and Brett Simas voted unanimously on March 31 to open the May 7 Annual Town Meeting Warrant and to place a Highway Department building debt-exclusion question

Select Board readies May warrant with school operating override

Upton readies warrant for school operating override totaling $2.6 million for education costs. The district presented a needs-based budget facing mandated increases: health insurance premiums rising 23 percent and out-of-district placements for 22 high-needs students costing approximately $4.9

Select Board opens budget hearings amid $2.6 million school shortfall

Upton Select Board heard Town Manager Kristen Rubin detail a $2.6 million school assessment shortfall that will likely trigger a voter override at Annual Town Meeting. The shortfall comprises $142,284 for Blackstone Valley Regional Technical High School and $2,457,651 for MURSD, and ballot

Select Board unanimously endorses public safety transition plan

Upton's Select Board unanimously endorses the public safety transition plan with staffing and promotion actions. Emergency Management Director and Fire Chief Bradley reported adding paramedic capacity through two new hires and completed training for two firefighter-EMTs, bringing the department to