At a time when the general sense across the country is that politicians are too old, Qenan Francois’ election to the North Middlesex School Committee broke a status quo, but in Greater Lowell this year he was one of several young candidates to win a local elected position.
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3 Town Meetings, 3 different results as North Middlesex towns weigh in on budget override
Simultaneous special Town Meetings Monday evening in Ashby, Pepperell and Townsend brought mixed results as all three communities considered whether to enact overrides amid a tough budget season for the North Middlesex Regional School District.
Groton-Dunstable override defeated
GROTON — Voters in Groton and Dunstable soundly rejected a proposed Proposition 2½ tax limit override, leaving their Select Boards and the Groton-Dunstable Regional School Committee facing a hard deadline of June 30 to have new fiscal 2025 budgets approved.
