Town meetings start Tuesday.They are a quirky New England tradition whose origins can be traced back to the 1600s and some of our earliest settlements. Similar to how they got their start, town ...

LENOX — No surprise, it takes a presidential election, along with state ballot questions and a hard-fought state rep. contest to drive a majority of town voters to the polls by mail or in person.

“Be seein’ ya at the town meetin’.” (Imagine a Yankee accent) Nothing says small town New England like the town meeting. Derived from English village and Puritan church assemblies, the town ...

Nothing says small town New England like the town meeting. Derived from English village and Puritan church assemblies, the town meeting/board of selectmen structure is the oldest form of civic ...