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Task force resets focus to beautification and recruitment

Economic Development Task Force resets agenda around beautification. Chair Andrew Beauvais and members unanimously approved prior meeting minutes and agreed to meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month as a unified group. The task force will focus on community beautification and pride

Finance Committee reviews budget trends, questions spending gaps

Finance Committee reviews three-year trends, identifies fixed-cost pressures. Chair Thomas J. Kane Jr. presented analysis of FY23 through FY26 spending, identifying health insurance and retirement as fixed costs representing 55 percent of the operating budget in FY23 at $9.215 million against a

Cultural Council approves budget adjustments, reallocates surplus funds

Winchendon Cultural Council approves budget adjustments and surplus redistribution. Chair Dani Cutler guided approval of program reductions including "Salsa and Sangria" from $1,500 to $1,400 and "Cultivating Culture" from $500 to $400, with motions seconded by Joanna Draugsvold and Renee Eldredge

Finance Committee hears audit update, discusses tax rate increase

Finance Committee hears FY25 close update and discusses tax bill spike. Accountant Anna Noyes reported fiscal 2025 books closing by month's end with no department-spending concerns, while Treasurer Katie Medina and Town Manager Bill McKinney attributed the recent jump in real estate tax bills to

School Committee approves three-year contract for Superintendent King

Winchendon School Committee approves three-year superintendent contract and preliminary FY27 budget. Superintendent Charlotte King's contract was unanimously approved for the term of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. Business Manager Liz Latoria presented the preliminary FY27 budget at