'Connection' Outlines Proposed Town, School Budgets for 2013

The Community Connection was released on Thursday, outlining the town and school budget numbers in advance of the Annual Town Meeting coming up in both Hamilton and Wenham.

The average annual tax bill in Hamilton would go up $98 next year if the proposed school and town budgets are approved at the upcoming Town Meeting. That’s just one piece of the mountain of data included in a complete wrap-up of the fiscal 2013 budget for both towns and the school district in “The Community Connection” released on Thursday. It comes in advance of Thursday night’s budget forum at Buker Elementary School at 6:30 p.m., hosted by the Budget Process Committee. The committee, which combines leaders from both towns plus the school district along with four community members, puts together “The Community Connection.” It is attached to this story as a PDF. The 12-page brochure uses chart and color graphs to explains the budget …

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