Writing about Lancaster, Massachusetts

  On Friday, town hall released the first public draft of the "Town of Lancaster FY25 Budget".   It includes an 8% hike in town payroll expenses, and a few mysteries.   Right now there's a $1.3 million gap between what this budget allocates for the Nashoba school district,  and what the school district said they'd assess Lancaster in their budget presentation last week.

Our tax bills increased quite a bit this month to reflect a 9% increase in the tax levy approved last May.   The bills we received in for July and October were "estimated" bills, based on last years tax increased by 2.5%.  Bills this month and in April will fully reflect the $1.2 million in additional tax levy we approved.  (But not the high school building project: we won't feel that until next January.)