Town Says Hands Are Tied On $500 Tax Hike For Residents bi13702002 Framingham's Board of Selectmen has approved a property tax hike for next year that?s expected to add about $500 to homeowners' tax bills

Tax limit puts strain on town budgets bi13702002 Many MetroWest communities are operating at property tax limits and have seen a decrease local receipts and local aid from Beacon Hill, according to a recently released annual report put out by the Taxpayers Foundation, who called fiscal year 2010, ?the weakest (in funding) two-year period the Proposition 2 ½ era.?..

Leominster homeowners facing tax increase bi13702002 LEOMINSTER - The average single-family homeowner face a $166 property tax increase for fiscal year - to $3,643 - the average business see taxes drop by nearly $500, to a bill of $9,636. Industrial property taxes also decrease by approximately $650

Massachusetts Grinches Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Christmas Presents bi13702002 A man and woman were arrested for allegedly stealing Christmas packages from porches and doorways, local police said

State auctions unclaimed property on eBay, collects more than $400,000 for ge bi13702002 A state auction of unclaimed property netted taxpayers close to $434,000, the state treasurer?s office said today. The money raised, amounted to 52 percent more than the appraised value of the items, go to the Commonwealth?s General Fund, according to a statement from the office of Treasurer Steve Grossman. The auctioning process began on October 29. This the seventh time ..

Massachusetts to allow access to Romney files bi13702002 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - allow some public access to hundreds of previously off-limits boxes of official records generated by Mitt Romney's office when he was governor from 2003 to 2007, a state official said on Tuesday. Romney has asserted that a 1997 decision by the state supreme court means that paper records of administration are property of the state ..

Report: Mass. communities facing fiscal woes bi13702002 cities and towns are facing fiscal woes after struggling through worst two-year stretch the adoption of a statewide ballot question known as Proposition 2 1/2 three decades ago, limits property tax increases

Mass. cities, towns struggle bi13702002 BOSTON - cities and towns are facing fiscal woes after struggling through worst two-year stretch the adoption of a statewide ballot question known as Proposition 2-1/2 three decades ago, limits property tax increases

Today the press bi13702002 The household charge likely to be replaced a little more than a year by a comprehensive property tax

WMECo Celebrates Completion of Largest Solar Facility New England bi13702002 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. , Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Electric Company (WMECo) today celebrates completion of second large-scale solar energy facility the Indian Orchard section ..

Report: Cities, towns bracing for permanent squeeze on finances bi13702002 BOSTON -- cities and towns are facing fiscal woes after struggling through worst two-year stretch the adoption of a statewide ballot question three decades ago known as Proposition 2 1/2, limits property tax..

Communities facing fiscal woes bi13702002 BOSTON - cities and towns face fiscal woes after struggling through worst two-year stretch the adoption of a 1980 ballot question limiting property tax increases

Report: Communities bracing for permanent financial sqeeze bi13702002 BOSTON -- cities and towns are facing fiscal woes after struggling through worst two-year stretch the adoption of a statewide ballot question three decades ago known..

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