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Westford voters settle into their seats before the 2025 Annual Town Meeting begins.

Four major takeaways from Westford’s 2025 Annual Town Meeting

Kate Kelly and Grace Hsu
Mar 23, 2025

Westford held its 2025 Annual Town Meeting on Saturday, March 22 at Westford Academy, and voted on a total of 23 articles. The motions mirrored preceding years' agendas, covering pedestrian safety, energy...

Superintendent Dr. Christopher Chew presented his proposal for the FY26 WPS budget which included his suggested reductions, requests, and sources of revenue. 
(Image provided by WestfordCAT)

WPS budget proposal outlines FY26 reductions and revenue, eliminates budget deficit

Srivas Arun, Co-Managing Editor
Dec 20, 2024

Westford Public Schools (WPS) Superintendent Christopher Chew presented his budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 (FY26) at the Dec. 9 School Committee meeting. The cost of his plan remains within the amount...

Trustees Field: new location of the April 27 Town Meeting.

Westford Youth Sports should be postponed on the morning of Town Meeting

Victoria Farley, Co-Sports Editor
Mar 29, 2024

Just recently, the Westford Town Meeting was moved to Saturday, April 27 in order to account for bigger voter turnout. This change came after the Town Meeting on March 23 at WA, which reached maximum capacity...

A yard sign encouraging town residents to attend the Annual Town Meeting scheduled for March 23rd.

A student’s guide to Annual Town Meeting

Deepa Gautam, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Mar 22, 2024

Westford's annual budget and warrant articles will be voted on during the March 23 annual Town Meeting. The meeting, which will include a vote that decides whether or not the Proposition 2 1/2 override...

The PAC sits empty, soon to be filled during the Annual Town Meeting.

Enhancements to Annual Town Meeting aim for higher accessibility and wide-spread attendance

Kate Kelly, Co-Features Editor
Mar 17, 2024

As Westford Academy prepares to host the Annual Town Meeting on Saturday, March 23, with registration starting at 8:00 a.m. for its 9:00 a.m. start time, anticipation is high. Prior to the vote on the...

A glimpse into some of the resources and information put out by the committee.

Vote “Yes” for Westford: residents form override action committee

Deepa Gautam, Editor-in-Chief
Feb 12, 2024

With the threat of budget cuts to town and school services looming over Westford, many students and residents have found themselves learning more about the town’s budget challenges. Among them is resident...

The windows outside of Westford Academy.

Westford Academy reported to have the highest carbon footprint in Westford

Saanvi Arora, Co-News Editor
Jan 15, 2024

Westford Academy was found to be the largest energy user and have the largest carbon footprint of all the municipal buildings in Westford after the town's Clean Energy and Sustainability Committee conducted...

Selectboard members sit at a table at the Millenium Building.

Select Board hears budget presentation, approves reduced speed limit during 12/12 meeting

Deepa Gautam, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Dec 15, 2023

Town manager Kristen Las presented two budget scenarios for FY25, and the board also voted in favor of reducing the speed limit on Griffin Road and parts of Boston Road to 25 mph during the Dec. 12 Select...

An image of Westford Academy. An override would allow WPS to reduce staff and service cuts.

Overrides: An informative breakdown

James Farley, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Dec 15, 2023

The Town of Westford is facing two different budget scenarios in Fiscal Year 2025 [FY25] based on whether or not an override is passed by a vote at Town Elections on May 7. To fully understand what an...

The school committee discusses the FY25 school district budget.

3 main takeaways from the 12/4 school committee meeting

Grace Hsu, Co-Features Editor
Dec 15, 2023

During the Westford School Committee meeting on Dec. 4, committee members continued discussion of the FY25 (Fiscal Year 2025) budget projection, considered Stony Brook’s Environmental Leadership Club’s...

An image from the October 18th meeting, where the Budget Task Force presented their final report.

Westford faces $6-8 million deficit; cuts to school and town services possible

Saanvi Arora and Deepa Gautam
Nov 6, 2023

Westford will be facing a total $6-8 million deficit by fiscal year 2026 (FY26) due to major town expenses increasing beyond the expected revenue in upcoming years. In order to meet these budget needs,...

The Westford School Committee unanimously approved the FY23 proposal.

School committee unanimously approves FY23 proposal

Keertana Gangireddy, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Mar 1, 2022

The Westford School Committee unanimously passed the budget proposal for FY23 on Feb. 28 during their meeting. The proposal involves a reduction of a full-time English position at WA, up to three electives...

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