Select Board votes to eliminate early voting
New Braintree Select Board voted unanimously to eliminate early voting and approved $780,000 fire truck financing.
Select Board · Meeting of March 2, 2026
New Braintree Select Board voted unanimously to eliminate early voting and approved $780,000 fire truck financing. Chair Dennis Letendre Jr., Vice-Chair Joseph Chenevert, and Clerk Michael McQueston voted 3-0 to opt out of early voting, eliminating vote-by-mail for municipal elections, citing minimal past turnout. The board also voted 2-0-1 to approve a 5-year useful life determination for a $780,000 fire truck financed through borrowing authorized in June 2023, supporting 5-year rather than 7-year financing based on interest savings.
The board unanimously appointed Dorothy Ayer to the Finance Committee and heard presentations on potential fire services regionalization with the Town of Hardwick, with both departments' officials proposing combined resources to increase emergency response amid nationwide firefighter shortages.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of March 2, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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