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Starting in the 2026-27 school year, there may be a bell-to-bell phone ban implemented throughout the state of Massachusetts . Students and staff at Burlington High School offer their thoughts [...]

May is here, and Town Meeting is quickly approaching. This session is when the Town Meeting convenes to approve the town budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

After a brief snow delay, the January session of Town Meeting came to order Wednesday evening, and concluded with most of the articles on the warrant passing.

Burlington Town Meeting typically convenes three times throughout the year, and the first session of 2026 is set for Monday January 26th at 7 pm. The warrant for January  is typically less robust [...]

September Town Meeting met for its second (and final session) the evening of October 6, which the majority of the warrant left to discuss.

September Town Meeting kicked off on Monday evening, and after almost a four and-a-half hour session, there’s still more on the warrant to discuss. The first of two articles regarding […]

The third and final meeting of the year for Burlington’s Town Meeting is set to begin the evening of September 29 in the Fogelberg Performing Arts Center.

The Select Board recently approved the appointments of a new Building Inspector and Human Resources Director for the town.  Martin Allen has been conditionally appointed to the position of Senior [...]

The Select Board approved the proposed timeline for the High School Building Project at their August 11 meeting. Representatives from the Burlington High School Building Committee presented their [...]

Working with the Select Board and the DPW the Burlington Public Arts Committee is relocating the sculptures of the Burlington Sculpture Park due to the construction of the new police […]

BNEWS Anchor Phil Gallagher chats with Burlington’s new Assistant Town Administrator, Patrick Lawlor, covering his background, journey to Burlington, and his new role in town.

Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll joined State Representative Ken Gordon (D- Bedford) and the Burlington Area Chamber of Commerce (BACC) on July 7 to discuss state responses to the anticipated [...]

The Select Board opened their June 23, 2025 meeting with an update on action the town is taking regarding the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility located at 1000 […]

Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, an eighteen year-old from Milford MA, was detained by ICE agents on his way to volleyball practice. ICE was initially looking for his father. Marcelo has […]

The Massachusetts Senate has approved a $61.4 billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2026. The final budget protects the state’s financial health, the state’s most vulnerable residents, and makes [...]

May Town Meeting met for its third (and final) session the evening of May 19, with four articles remaining on the warrant, all relating to General Bylaws Article 35, which […]

The annual May Town Meeting is expected to conclude on the evening of May 19. Here’s a quick look at some highlights from the first two sessions… Town Moderator Bill […]

The second of Town Meeting’s three annual gatherings is set to begin the evening of May 12 in the Fogelberg Performing Arts Center.  May Town Meeting is when the body […]