New England Municipal Government News Headlines

Recent news stories related to municipal government in New England (and issues being faced on the local level) include these articles:

CT: Upgrades to tennis courts on hold due to costs (Republican American)

ME: Portland is reassessing all property - again - to stay on top of rising values (Portland Press Herald)

MA: How Sandwich wastewater needs led to a $3.3 million land purchase (Cape Cod Times)

NH: Bow's composting program struggles with low participation, fails to cover costs (Concord Monitor)

RI: Routine street repair leads to historical find in Bristol (Bristol Phoenix)

VT: FEMA's plodding bureaucracy exacts financial toll on Vermont towns (Vermont Public Radio)

National: CO Wildfire Risk Is So High This Fire Department Struggled To Find Insurance To Build a New Firehouse (The Wildland Firefighter)

International: From wastelands to wetlands: The fight to save Sri Lanka's natural flood buffers (BBC)

Background information:

Town of Litchfield, CT

City of Portland, ME

Town of Sandwich, MA

Town of Bow, NH

Town of Bristol, RI

Durango, CO, Fire & Rescue (Fire Protection District)