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Foxborough Special Town Meeting Results

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Foxborough Voters Approve Turf Field Project at Tuesday's Special Town Meeting

Foxborough's voters said "yes" to building a community turf field at the high school during Tuesday's Special Town Meeting.

Editor's note: This story will be updated. Foxborough is finally getting a turf field. After years of planning, fundraising and volunteering, Turf's Up's proposal passed its final test Tuesday at Special Town Meeting when 260 of 389 voters said "yes" to Article 6, effectively bringing a community turf field to Foxborough High School. Turf's Up is a local committee comprised of volunteers and chaired by Foxborough resident and Board of Seletmen chair James DeVellis. The committee's vision for a turf field in Foxborough began four years ago and culminated Tuesday night when Article 6 passed Special Town Meeting, 260-129. By approving Article 6, the town agreed to appropriate $125,000 from the town's Overlay Surplus to be used for the …

Janet Kennedy

5:05 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012

So sad people who have a lot to say hide behind fake names. What are you Scared of? Also Mr Kraft is a very kind man so leave him alone.   more ›

Results from Foxborough's Special Town Meeting 2012

Find out which articles passed Tuesday's Special Town Meeting at Foxborough High School.

Foxborough's 2012 Special Town Meeting drew a crowd of roughly 408 voters to the Foxborough High School auditorium Tuesday, according to Town Clerk Bob Cutler. The majority of the 408 residents were in attendance to vote "yes" or "no" on Article 6, the turf field project, (click here for more on the article) and left after it was approved, 260-129. Those remaining proceeded to review and vote on the remainder of the STM 2012 Warrant articles (see table below for complete results). Special Town Meeting ended just after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. This article approves funding for the collective bargaining agreement recently negotiated by and between the Town of Foxborough and the Foxborough Highway and Water Employees Union for Fiscal Year 2013. …

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Steve

9:56 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012

thus the challenges of town meeting. Is it time for a change??? With at least two town meetings every year is time to say good bye to our town meeting style of government?   more ›

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