West Brookfield Select Board Approves Town Meeting Warrants With $73,000 Gap Remaining

West Brookfield Select Board approves June town meeting warrants with roughly $73,000 in cuts still unresolved.

Finance Committee Recommends Revised Budgets After Override Fails at Polls

West Brookfield Finance Committee recommends sweeping departmental budget cuts after voters reject a Proposition 2½ override.

West Brookfield Select Board Approves Health Insurance Opt-Out Program

West Brookfield Select Board unanimously approved an employee health insurance opt-out program and heard urgent resident concerns about the school override vote at its April 28 meeting.

West Brookfield Finance Committee finds $717,000 gap it cannot close without override

West Brookfield's Finance Committee mapped a $717,323 budget gap Wednesday that officials say cannot be closed without a Proposition 2½ override on the May 5 ballot.

Finance Committee Approves 15 Budgets, Defers Fire and Highway Reviews

West Brookfield's Finance Committee approved roughly 15 department budgets for fiscal year 2027 at its April 8 meeting, with a 73 percent increase in vocational school costs emerging as the sharpest line item.

West Brookfield Select Board Puts Two Override Amounts on May 5 Ballot

West Brookfield Select Board scraps a $1.15 million Proposition 2½ override and puts two funding levels to voters on May 5.

West Brookfield Finance Committee Approves Budgets, Senior Center to Close Fridays

West Brookfield Finance Committee votes through a dozen budgets and hears three school closure scenarios as town faces structural deficit.

West Brookfield Select Board Appoints Fire Chief, Sets $1.15 Million Override Vote

West Brookfield Select Board votes to put a $1.15 million Proposition 2½ override on the May 5 ballot.

Finance Committee Approves Municipal Budgets With Town More Than $700,000 in Deficit

West Brookfield Finance Committee approves a string of lean municipal budgets while warning the town is more than $700,000 in deficit.

West Brookfield Select Board Places Prop 2.5 Override on May Ballot

West Brookfield Select Board votes to put a Proposition 2.5 override on the May 2026 ballot amid a $720,000 budget gap.