Approximately 300 voters attended the first night of town meeting Monday, completing work on 17 of 42 articles on the warrant. Voters approved the town's $52.6 million budget for FY26 , several Community Preservation Committee articles, and split on whether to allow the town to take specific parcels of land on Beach Avenue by eminent domain. Town meeting continues on Tuesday, May 6 at 7 p.m. at the high school.

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Francine Townsend, who with her husband, Paul, developed the Sandcastle condominiums at 175 Beach Avenue and lived in the neighborhood for many years, addressed the proposal to take land on Beach Avenue by eminent domain; Town Manager Jennifer Constable presented the town's FY26 budget during Monday night's session of town meeting, and Moderator Geroge Boylen and Town Clerk Lori West were center stage as town meeting got under way on Monday night.

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