Writing about Lancaster, Massachusetts

Photo by Mr Cup / Fabien Barral on Unsplash   According to several articles over the weekend, Lancaster Select Board Chair Steve Kerrigan is a frontrunner to chair the Massachusetts Democratic Party, when the current chair leaves his seat on April 24th.   According to the articles, he has the support of Governor Maura Healey and the outgoing chair. Article on Politico.com Boston Herald Article Globe Article Lancaster has had links to the Massachusetts Republican Party recently as well: current Lancaster Finance Committee chair Susan Smiley served as a member of their State Committee for a number of years.

Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash In response to a public records request, the town has placed all the FY2023 applications for Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds online.  Link:   Lancaster FY2023 CPA Proposals * 4PM Update:  there was one more application, from the Library, that the town was having some trouble uploading.  It may be on the website shortly, but in the meantime here's a download link.   It's over 100MB.  (I guess if you ask library professionals for paperwork, you shouldn't be surprised when you receive a book.)  Link to the library application. These are all the applications that were received for FY2023: they may or may not receive funding in the end. CPA funds can be directed towards "open space, historic preservation, affordable housing, and outdoor recreational facilities." Lancaster adopted the Community Preservation Act in 2020 and we started collecting the "CPA surcharge" with our tax bills in July, 2021.   As we adopted i