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Each Town Minute edition is built around the same promise: clear, neutral, plain-English updates focused on what residents should know.
The Town Minute: Sturbridge
Local government updates, meeting summaries, budgets, roads, housing, conservation, and town decisions.
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Plain-English updates on Charlton boards, budgets, planning, roads, development, and local issues.
Go to Charlton →The Town Minute: Southbridge
Town Council updates, public projects, budgets, development, roads, and major local decisions.
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Plain-English meeting summaries
No jargon. Just the major decisions, explained clearly.
What changed and what happens next
Votes, budgets, zoning, roads, housing, conservation, schools, and town services.
Source links for full context
Direct links to relevant meeting moments, agendas, documents, and official records when available.
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Local decisions add up.
Town boards decide how roads are built, how land is used, where housing can go, how tax dollars are spent, and what gets protected or developed.
Most residents do not have time to watch every meeting. The Town Minute helps them keep up anyway.
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