GEORGETOWN – Residents are expected to go to the Penn Brook School on Monday, May 12, 2025, to vote for or against a proposed $6+ million Proposition 2/12 override. [Update: The override passed at town meeting, as it has in the past.] Such an override will be added to the base levy of property taxes in town, and this added sum will continue to increase by 2.5% each year (in addition to all current property and Community Preservation taxes). The town has estimated that an average house will see an approximately...

GEORGETOWN – The SelectBoard, looking for “a tiny bit of leverage” over the  G. Mello Disposal Corp., is gathering questions from its members to ask the company about its transition from its East Main Street facility to the huge trash transfer station under construction. The SelectBoard did not negotiate a host agreement prior to Mello winning approval from three boards – the Planning Board, the Board of Health and the Conservation Commission. It is hoping that it may have some “leverage” over Mello through its...

Greetings, I am Mike Donahue and I am running to serve the community on the Georgetown Board of Selectmen. I am on Facebook at https://tinyurl.com/mikeforselectboard or search “Mike Donahue for Select Board.” About Me: I am a Massachusetts native and Noelle, my wife, and I have lived in Georgetown for the last five years. We have two children in the Georgetown Public School system. Jackson, age 12, is a 7th grade student at Georgetown Middle High School and our daughter Emerson, age 7, is a 1st grade student at...