Freetown

FREETOWN -- May 27, 2026, Freetown Select Board promotes two officers to sergeant ahead of a budget-uncertain Town Meeting. The board voted unanimously Wednesday to promote Patrick Lee to sergeant effective May 27 and Douglas Mungin effective May 28, acting on a written recommendation from the chief of police following

FREETOWN -- May 18, 2026, Freetown Select Board unanimously approves FY27 road contracts, revises IT agreement, and directs school roof bid to proceed. The board, meeting May 18, awarded highway salt contracts to Saltine Wire Incorporated at $83.89 per ton untreated and $103.89 per ton treated, road striping to

FREETOWN -- May 12, 2026, Freetown Select Board approves $34.7 million FY2027 budget on unanimous vote ahead of June town meeting. The board, meeting remotely via Zoom on May 12, voted 3-0 to adopt the $34,773,562.50 omnibus budget, which reflects a roughly $90,000 reduction in

FREETOWN -- May 4, 2026, Freetown Select Board requires future retirees to pay active-employee health insurance rates. The board voted unanimously Monday to apply to anyone retiring after July 1, 2027 the same health insurance contribution percentage they carried as active employees, a policy Town Administrator Deborah Furtado said is

FREETOWN -- April 29, 2026, Freetown Select Board authorizes emergency demolition of fire-damaged home and locks in debt structure for $7.5 million community building loan. Meeting jointly with the Finance Committee on April 29, both boards voted unanimously to endorse a 20-year declining debt service plan for a