Town Meeting - Concord Bridge

Is it time to modernize Concord’s Town Meeting?

December 12, 2023

Help wanted: Concord is preparing to take another deep dive into how its centuries-old form of self-governance works for the voters of today. “The time is right for this. I think it’s

Concord residents may petition to get issues on Town Meeting Warrant

December 7, 2023

Concordians don’t just have the option of voting on warrant articles at Town Meeting. They can also propose them. Registered voters can submit articles by petition for the community’s consideration. Articles, which

Concord considers Town Meeting changes

October 12, 2023

In the mid-1990s, Concord made a serious study of Town Meeting, the form of self-government that’s served this community since before the Revolutionary War. “That study commission was formed in a climate

Where is your Bridge?

May 19, 2023

Where do you take your Bridge? Whether you’re traveling the world, visiting a favorite spot in Concord or just reading at home, we want to see you with the paper! Send your

Letter: Can technology make Town Meeting more inclusive?

May 19, 2023

In 1775, Concord Minutemen struck a major blow to the British in the fight for freedom and democracy. Even today, almost two hundred and fifty years later, we as a town pride

Letter: Concord needs changes to Town Meeting

May 19, 2023

Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 39 limits Open Town Meeting voting to in-person voting. This results in decisions affecting all residents being made by a very small percentage of registered voters who have

Letter: Concord’s wealth divide, redux

May 19, 2023

At Town Meeting, we discovered another outcropping of Concord’s wealth divide. To put that a bit more formally, we exposed again the putatively bimodal distribution of financial means, across town. Three months

Yes to food trucks; no to gas-powered leaf blowers at Concord Town Meeting

May 2, 2023

Over 325 voters at the second and final day of Town Meeting had to stand and be counted as they weighed in on controversial articles during what Town Moderator Carmin Reiss later

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