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Special Election Results: Again, really low turnout in Lancaster

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  All three Nashoba District towns have now passed a debt exclusion to allow them to pay their shares of the debt for the high school project.   Like at the special town meeting last Monday, Lancaster's voter participation was conspicuously low: 16% versus 25 and 29% in Bolton and Stow.

Is the Highschool Project in Trouble in Lancaster at the Polls Today?

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Although 75% of Lancaster's voters at the special town meeting supported the school project, only 6% of the towns voters attended, half of the 11% in Stow and 12% in Bolton. In Stow's special election on Saturday, only 56% of voters supported the debt exemption -- a big drop in support from the 74% who supported the project at their Special Town Meeting .

National Grid Default Supplier Rate Will Adjust to 18.213 cents/kWh in November

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National Grid announced that their default supplier rate will be 18.213 cents/kWh for November through June.   Lancaster has yet to announce the new rate for the Municipal Aggregation Program: the current contract expires in December.  The pressure is on: the Aggregation Program rate has actually been more expensive than the National Grid default supplier for 13 of the last 18 months.

Generate an Estimate of How the New High School Would Change Taxes for Your Address

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Image generated by Adobe Firefly AI: "Dollar Signs Flying Around A High School" Interested in seeing an estimate of how the proposed high school project borrowing might change the taxes you pay in the future?  (Or are you just wondering what your FY2024 taxes will look like?)   This interactive spreadsheet will show you the actual tax history of your property since FY2010, plus a couple interesting estimates about the future.

First Amendment Auditor Looks for Trouble in Lancaster Town Hall, Leaves Empty Handed

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"Auditor" Joshua Abrams, from his YouTube video A couple of "First Amendment Auditors" made their way to Lancaster; they failed to provoke anything sensational, and produced a pretty dull 45 minute recording of a beautiful Prescott building staffed with friendly people.