Massachusetts — local government meetings
Plain-English summaries of city, county and school-board meetings across Massachusetts, written from official agendas and minutes.
Tracking 306,872 meetings across 246 Massachusetts cities, counties and school districts — 1,141 upcoming. See also the Massachusetts state legislature ↗.
Recent decisions in Massachusetts
- Zoning & land use Planning Board hears Chestnut Hill rezoning debrief and state zoning law changes — Brookline · 2026-09-30
- Budget & spending Advisory Committee recommends approval of AFSCME collective bargaining agreement — Brookline · 2026-09-29
- Budget & spending Vehicle Replacement Plan reviewed; $6M bond for 73 vehicles sent to Finance Committee — Springfield · 2026-09-29
- Budget & spending Worcester City Council adopts noise ordinance fine increases and accepts multiple grants — Worcester · 2026-09-29
- Public safety Chelsea police propose 90-day scooter safety enforcement and education initiative — Chelsea · 2026-09-28
- Budget & spending Springfield parking rate changes delayed for community outreach, set for Oct. 19 Council — Springfield · 2026-09-28
- Budget & spending Council approves $16.5M Wonderland eminent domain bond for public hearing — Revere · 2026-09-28
- Zoning & land use Whately-area joint school committees met; agenda listed only professional development — Whately · 2026-09-28
- Public safety Chelsea police propose 90-day 'Safe Scooter Initiative' on e-scooter enforcement — Chelsea · 2026-09-28
- Budget & spending Lancaster Cultural Council re-elects officers and sets fall meeting dates — Lancaster · 2026-09-26
- Taxes & fees Board of Assessors holds procedural meeting, no decisions — Cambridge · 2026-09-23
- Budget & spending Airport board recommends draft 2027 budget to Finance & Taxation Committee — Monroe · 2026-09-23
- Budget & spending Council approves $47.3M for FY27 Community Preservation Fund — Boston · 2026-09-23
- Other decisions Committee backs 2am weekend hours for Wings Over Somerville — Somerville · 2026-09-23
- Other decisions Townsend election to proceed with ballot as printed (4-0) — Townsend · 2026-09-22
- Budget & spending Worcester council sends proposed public camping ordinance back to city manager, 8-1 — Worcester · 2026-09-22
- Roads & infrastructure Cambridge Open Data Review Board takes no votes; discusses data privacy and usability — Cambridge · 2026-09-22
- Budget & spending Somerville Finance Committee recommends funding, grants, and leases — Somerville · 2026-09-22
- Budget & spending Select Board appoints Michael MacAskill to Affordable Housing Trust in split vote — Harwich · 2026-09-21
- Budget & spending Montague Selectboard advances $1.75M school feasibility study to October 28 Town Meeting — Montague · 2026-09-21
Browse Massachusetts meetings by topic
- Budget & taxes (37,872)
- Schools & libraries (26,311)
- Zoning & land use (19,407)
- Housing (14,210)
- Permits & licensing (12,696)
- Personnel & appointments (11,771)
- Water & utilities (10,827)
- Roads & transportation (10,524)
- Environment & climate (10,352)
- Public safety (9,428)
- Grants & funding (9,337)
- Parks & recreation (9,054)
- Development & economy (8,107)
- Historic preservation (7,316)
- Contracts & procurement (6,240)
- Elections (3,577)
- Cannabis (598)
- Short-term rentals (350)
- Homelessness (194)
- Data centers (171)
Places we cover in Massachusetts
- Acton
- Acushnet
- Agawam
- Amesbury (1 upcoming)
- Amherst Town
- Amherst-Pelham Regional School District School district (2 upcoming)
- Andover
- Arlington (6 upcoming)
- Ashland
- Attleboro (7 upcoming)
- Auburn (1 upcoming)
- Avon (3 upcoming)
- Ayer (1 upcoming)
- Barre
- Bedford (1 upcoming)
- Belchertown (2 upcoming)
- Belmont (1 upcoming)
- Beverly (1 upcoming)
- Billerica
- Blackstone
- Bolton
- Boston (20 upcoming)
- Bourne
- Boxborough
- Boxford (1 upcoming)
- Boylston
- Braintree
- Bridgewater Town (74 upcoming)
- Bristol County (1 upcoming)
- Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School School district
- Brookline (180 upcoming)
- Burlington
- Cambridge (38 upcoming)
- Canton (2 upcoming)
- Carlisle (2 upcoming)
- Carver
- Charlemont (1 upcoming)
- Charlton (5 upcoming)
- Chelmsford
- Chelsea (1 upcoming)
- Chicopee
- Clinton
- Cohasset (2 upcoming)
- Colrain
- Concord (2 upcoming)
- Conway (8 upcoming)
- Danvers
- Dartmouth
- Deerfield (2 upcoming)
- Dennis (9 upcoming)
- Dighton (1 upcoming)
- Dover
- Dracut
- Dudley
- Dukes County (1 upcoming)
- East Bridgewater (8 upcoming)
- East Brookfield
- East Longmeadow (1 upcoming)
- Eastham (6 upcoming)
- Easthampton (1 upcoming)
- Egremont (1 upcoming)
- Erving (1 upcoming)
- Essex (1 upcoming)
- Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School School district
- Everett
- Everett (4 upcoming)
- Fall River
- Fall River Public Schools School district
- Falmouth (7 upcoming)
- Fitchburg (3 upcoming)
- Framingham
- Franklin Town (3 upcoming)
- Freetown (1 upcoming)
- Gardner
- Georgetown
- Gill
- Gloucester
- Gosnold
- Grafton (3 upcoming)
- Granby (5 upcoming)
- Granville
- Greenfield
- Halifax (3 upcoming)
- Hampden (2 upcoming)
- Harvard (1 upcoming)
- Harwich (37 upcoming)
- Hatfield
- Haverhill
- Heath (3 upcoming)
- Hingham (1 upcoming)
- Hinsdale
- Holbrook
- Holden (1 upcoming)
- Holliston (2 upcoming)
- Holyoke (19 upcoming)
- Hopedale (2 upcoming)
- Hubbardston (1 upcoming)
- Hudson (1 upcoming)
- Hull
- Ipswich (1 upcoming)
- Kingston (192 upcoming)
- Lakeville (1 upcoming)
- Lancaster (20 upcoming)
- Lawrence
- Lee
- Lenox (2 upcoming)
- Leominster (2 upcoming)
- Lexington
- Leyden (4 upcoming)
- Lincoln (4 upcoming)
- Longmeadow
- Lowell
- Lunenburg (2 upcoming)
- Lynn
- Lynnfield (2 upcoming)
- Malden (8 upcoming)
- Manchester-by-the-Sea
- Mansfield (4 upcoming)
- Marblehead
- Marion
- Marlborough (2 upcoming)
- Marshfield (1 upcoming)
- Mashpee (1 upcoming)
- Mattapoisett (1 upcoming)
- Maynard (1 upcoming)
- Medfield (1 upcoming)
- Medford (11 upcoming)
- Mendon
- Merrimac
- Methuen
- Middleborough (1 upcoming)
- Middlefield
- Middleton
- Milford (2 upcoming)
- Millbury (2 upcoming)
- Milton (4 upcoming)
- Monroe
- Monson
- Montague (2 upcoming)
- Nahant
- Nantucket County (12 upcoming)
- Narragansett Regional School District School district
- Narragansett Regional School District School district
- Natick
- Needham
- New Bedford
- New Marlborough
- Newbury (1 upcoming)
- Newburyport (3 upcoming)
- Newton (47 upcoming)
- Norfolk County
- North Attleborough (1 upcoming)
- North Attleborough Town (1 upcoming)
- North Brookfield
- Northampton (4 upcoming)
- Northbridge (2 upcoming)
- Northfield
- Norton (1 upcoming)
- Norwell (3 upcoming)
- Oak Bluffs
- Oakham (1 upcoming)
- Orleans (1 upcoming)
- Paxton
- Peabody
- Pembroke
- Pepperell (2 upcoming)
- Pittsfield (1 upcoming)
- Plainville
- Plymouth (9 upcoming)
- Plymouth County (17 upcoming)
- Plympton (2 upcoming)
- Princeton
- Quincy (1 upcoming)
- Randolph
- Revere (2 upcoming)
- Richmond
- Rockland
- Russell
- Rutland
- Salem (2 upcoming)
- Salisbury
- Saugus
- Scituate (10 upcoming)
- Seekonk
- Sharon (3 upcoming)
- Shelburne
- Shirley (1 upcoming)
- Shrewsbury (1 upcoming)
- Somerset
- Somerville (5 upcoming)
- South Hadley (4 upcoming)
- Southborough
- Southbridge (5 upcoming)
- Southwick (1 upcoming)
- Spencer (3 upcoming)
- Springfield
- Springfield (61 upcoming)
- Sterling
- Stoneham
- Stoughton (1 upcoming)
- Stow
- Sudbury
- Sunderland
- Sutton
- Swampscott (3 upcoming)
- Swansea
- Taunton
- Tewksbury
- Tisbury
- Tolland
- Topsfield
- Townsend
- Triton Regional School District School district
- Tyngsboro
- Tyringham
- Upton
- Uxbridge (6 upcoming)
- Wakefield (1 upcoming)
- Wales (1 upcoming)
- Waltham
- Wareham (1 upcoming)
- Warren
- Watertown (94 upcoming)
- Wayland (3 upcoming)
- Webster
- Wellesley (6 upcoming)
- Wellfleet (3 upcoming)
- Wenham (1 upcoming)
- West Newbury
- West Stockbridge
- West Tisbury
- Westborough (2 upcoming)
- Westfield (2 upcoming)
- Westford
- Westminster (1 upcoming)
- Weston
- Westport
- Weymouth (1 upcoming)
- Whately (5 upcoming)
- Whitman (8 upcoming)
- Wilbraham
- Winchendon (2 upcoming)
- Winthrop Town (1 upcoming)
- Worcester (27 upcoming)
- Wrentham
- Yarmouth