By Michelle Kim   NEW BOSTON – An aging sluiceway, a proposed footbridge and confusion over procedural issues took up most of the discussion at the deliberative session of Town Meeting on Feb. 4. About 40 residents attended the meeting, which lasted more than four hours. A pair of citizen petition articles regarding a clogged ...

By Michelle Kim NEW BOSTON – Along with the operating budget, voters can expect warrant articles expanding tax exemptions for elderly and disabled and updates to the solid waste ordinances at the Feb. 4 deliberative session of Town Meeting. The proposed operating budget of approximately $3.7 million is about 8.7 percent higher than ...

By Michelle Kim NEW BOSTON – The departure of yet another New Boston police officer may have opened the door for the Police Department to eventually meet its basic scheduling needs. And that news has Chief Chris Krajenka elated. At the Jan. 5 meeting, the Finance Committee decided to approve Krajenka’s request for a new full-time ...

By Michelle Kim A proposal for a new fire station in 2013 was introduced into the Capital Improvements Program plan to the tune of $1.8 million This CIP plan calls for a 10,132-square-foot building, nearly twice the size of the present station, with 10 vehicle bays, no dorms and would be paid for with a bond that includes $300,000 for the cost ...

BY MICHELLE KIM New Boston homeowners can expect a lower property tax bill this year due to a one-time bump in school funds, but could have saved more if the town portion hadn’t doubled. The 2007 overall property tax rate has been set at $14.02 per $1,000 of assessed property value, a decrease of 8.4 percent from last year’s rate of ...