Massachusetts — local government meetings
Plain-English summaries of city, county and school-board meetings across Massachusetts, written from official agendas and minutes.
Tracking 205,935 meetings across 239 Massachusetts cities, counties and school districts — 1,648 upcoming. See also the Massachusetts state legislature ↗.
Recent decisions in Massachusetts
- Other decisions Board of Health meeting cancelled due to lack of quorum — Lancaster · 2026-08-19
- Other decisions Board of Assessors holds routine meeting, no abatements or exemptions — Cambridge · 2026-08-19
- Budget & spending Park Commission approves six permits, hears zoo and park updates — Attleboro · 2026-08-19
- Budget & spending Town grants National Grid petition for two poles on Shaker Road — East Longmeadow · 2026-08-19
- Zoning & land use Board approves citywide zone change with front-yard fence limit — Springfield · 2026-08-19
- Taxes & fees Board approves tax abatements, exemptions, and ATB settlement — Lowell · 2026-08-18
- Other decisions Grafton Housing Authority meeting canceled for August 18 — Grafton · 2026-08-18
- Other decisions Carlisle Land Stewardship Committee meeting canceled due to lack of quorum — Carlisle · 2026-08-18
- Other decisions No quorum; Land/Trail Stewardship Committee meeting cancelled — Northbridge · 2026-08-13
- Other decisions Select Board revokes liquor license for Daigneault's Liquor — Bolton · 2026-08-13
- Zoning & land use Council hears justice center proposals, takes no vote — Springfield · 2026-08-13
- Other decisions Commission discusses renaming to drop 'diversity' from title — Winthrop Town · 2026-08-12
- Zoning & land use Conservation Commission allows 6-8 Grove St building within 75-ft no-build zone — Upton · 2026-08-12
- Other decisions Cemetery Commission elects new officers, approves two lot sales — Nantucket County · 2026-08-12
- Other decisions No quorum; Board of Health meeting cancelled — Lancaster · 2026-08-12
- Schools Franklin County Tech School Committee meeting agenda posted — Whately · 2026-08-12
- Other decisions SRA approves Salem Inn expansion, garage demolition, vinyl siding removal — Salem · 2026-08-12
- Budget & spending Task force schedules public forums on Northampton finances — Northampton · 2026-08-12
- Schools Subcommittee reviews superintendency agreement draft, no vote taken — Whately · 2026-08-11
- Zoning & land use Legal Affairs Committee holds fact-gathering meeting, no votes taken — Leominster · 2026-08-11
Browse Massachusetts meetings by topic
- Budget & taxes (25,931)
- Schools & libraries (17,807)
- Zoning & land use (13,834)
- Housing (9,760)
- Permits & licensing (8,842)
- Personnel & appointments (8,488)
- Environment & climate (7,752)
- Roads & transportation (7,643)
- Water & utilities (7,589)
- Public safety (6,963)
- Grants & funding (6,831)
- Development & economy (6,420)
- Parks & recreation (6,196)
- Historic preservation (5,091)
- Contracts & procurement (4,410)
- Elections (2,590)
- Cannabis (429)
- Short-term rentals (288)
- Homelessness (161)
- Data centers (95)
Places we cover in Massachusetts
- Agawam (2 upcoming)
- Amesbury (13 upcoming)
- Amherst Town (9 upcoming)
- Amherst-Pelham Regional School District School district (2 upcoming)
- Andover
- Arlington (5 upcoming)
- Ashland (6 upcoming)
- Attleboro (12 upcoming)
- Auburn (6 upcoming)
- Avon (7 upcoming)
- Ayer (2 upcoming)
- Barre
- Bedford (3 upcoming)
- Belchertown (8 upcoming)
- Belmont (11 upcoming)
- Beverly (4 upcoming)
- Billerica (3 upcoming)
- Blackstone (9 upcoming)
- Bolton (3 upcoming)
- Boston (27 upcoming)
- Bourne (7 upcoming)
- Boxborough (4 upcoming)
- Boxford (4 upcoming)
- Boylston
- Braintree (2 upcoming)
- Bridgewater Town (65 upcoming)
- Bristol County
- Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School School district
- Brookline (23 upcoming)
- Burlington (8 upcoming)
- Cambridge (14 upcoming)
- Canton (8 upcoming)
- Carlisle (7 upcoming)
- Charlemont
- Charlton (7 upcoming)
- Chelmsford (8 upcoming)
- Chelsea (1 upcoming)
- Chicopee (3 upcoming)
- Clinton (9 upcoming)
- Cohasset (13 upcoming)
- Colrain
- Concord (15 upcoming)
- Conway (2 upcoming)
- Danvers (4 upcoming)
- Dartmouth (13 upcoming)
- Deerfield (9 upcoming)
- Dennis (20 upcoming)
- Dighton (6 upcoming)
- Dover (8 upcoming)
- Dracut (5 upcoming)
- Dudley
- Dukes County (1 upcoming)
- East Bridgewater (12 upcoming)
- East Brookfield
- East Longmeadow (2 upcoming)
- Eastham (10 upcoming)
- Easthampton (6 upcoming)
- Egremont (3 upcoming)
- Erving (4 upcoming)
- Essex (6 upcoming)
- Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School School district
- Everett (2 upcoming)
- Fall River
- Fall River Public Schools School district
- Falmouth (10 upcoming)
- Fitchburg (9 upcoming)
- Framingham (2 upcoming)
- Franklin Town (11 upcoming)
- Freetown
- Gardner (10 upcoming)
- Georgetown
- Gill
- Gloucester (6 upcoming)
- Gosnold
- Grafton (8 upcoming)
- Granby (5 upcoming)
- Granville (1 upcoming)
- Greenfield
- Halifax (12 upcoming)
- Hampden (7 upcoming)
- Harvard (11 upcoming)
- Harwich (41 upcoming)
- Hatfield (2 upcoming)
- Haverhill
- Heath
- Hingham (12 upcoming)
- Hinsdale (4 upcoming)
- Holbrook (1 upcoming)
- Holden (2 upcoming)
- Holliston (6 upcoming)
- Holyoke (28 upcoming)
- Hopedale (10 upcoming)
- Hubbardston (6 upcoming)
- Hudson (4 upcoming)
- Hull (8 upcoming)
- Ipswich (8 upcoming)
- Kingston (111 upcoming)
- Lakeville (7 upcoming)
- Lancaster (29 upcoming)
- Lawrence (9 upcoming)
- Lee (4 upcoming)
- Lenox (2 upcoming)
- Leominster (15 upcoming)
- Lexington
- Leyden (4 upcoming)
- Longmeadow (5 upcoming)
- Lowell (3 upcoming)
- Lunenburg (15 upcoming)
- Lynn
- Lynnfield (3 upcoming)
- Malden
- Manchester-by-the-Sea (4 upcoming)
- Mansfield (9 upcoming)
- Marblehead
- Marion (7 upcoming)
- Marlborough (10 upcoming)
- Marshfield
- Mashpee (6 upcoming)
- Mattapoisett (3 upcoming)
- Maynard (15 upcoming)
- Medfield (6 upcoming)
- Medford (8 upcoming)
- Mendon
- Merrimac
- Methuen (2 upcoming)
- Middleborough (2 upcoming)
- Middlefield (1 upcoming)
- Middleton (12 upcoming)
- Milford (5 upcoming)
- Millbury (3 upcoming)
- Milton (9 upcoming)
- Monroe
- Monson (12 upcoming)
- Montague (2 upcoming)
- Nahant (1 upcoming)
- Nantucket County (9 upcoming)
- Narragansett Regional School District School district
- Narragansett Regional School District School district
- Natick
- Needham
- New Bedford
- New Marlborough (2 upcoming)
- Newbury (6 upcoming)
- Newburyport (2 upcoming)
- Newton (16 upcoming)
- Norfolk County
- North Attleborough (9 upcoming)
- North Attleborough Town (9 upcoming)
- North Brookfield (5 upcoming)
- Northampton (13 upcoming)
- Northbridge (4 upcoming)
- Northfield (4 upcoming)
- Norwell (1 upcoming)
- Oak Bluffs (5 upcoming)
- Oakham
- Orleans (8 upcoming)
- Paxton (4 upcoming)
- Peabody
- Pembroke (3 upcoming)
- Pepperell (9 upcoming)
- Pittsfield (21 upcoming)
- Plainville (4 upcoming)
- Plymouth (13 upcoming)
- Plymouth County (23 upcoming)
- Plympton (6 upcoming)
- Princeton
- Quincy
- Randolph (3 upcoming)
- Revere (5 upcoming)
- Richmond
- Rockland (6 upcoming)
- Russell
- Rutland (3 upcoming)
- Salem (12 upcoming)
- Salisbury
- Saugus (5 upcoming)
- Scituate (3 upcoming)
- Seekonk (3 upcoming)
- Sharon (6 upcoming)
- Shelburne
- Shirley (4 upcoming)
- Shrewsbury (5 upcoming)
- Somerset (3 upcoming)
- Somerville (2 upcoming)
- South Hadley (9 upcoming)
- Southborough (1 upcoming)
- Southbridge (15 upcoming)
- Southwick (4 upcoming)
- Spencer (5 upcoming)
- Springfield
- Springfield (57 upcoming)
- Sterling (5 upcoming)
- Stoneham
- Stoughton (5 upcoming)
- Stow (1 upcoming)
- Sudbury
- Sunderland (4 upcoming)
- Sutton (7 upcoming)
- Swampscott (9 upcoming)
- Swansea
- Taunton (1 upcoming)
- Tewksbury (4 upcoming)
- Tisbury (1 upcoming)
- Tolland (3 upcoming)
- Topsfield (2 upcoming)
- Townsend
- Triton Regional School District School district
- Tyngsboro (5 upcoming)
- Tyringham (1 upcoming)
- Upton (6 upcoming)
- Uxbridge (5 upcoming)
- Wakefield (9 upcoming)
- Wales (8 upcoming)
- Waltham
- Wareham (5 upcoming)
- Warren (4 upcoming)
- Watertown (92 upcoming)
- Wayland (11 upcoming)
- Webster (5 upcoming)
- Wellesley (14 upcoming)
- Wenham (4 upcoming)
- West Newbury (9 upcoming)
- West Stockbridge (1 upcoming)
- West Tisbury
- Westborough (9 upcoming)
- Westfield (8 upcoming)
- Westford (6 upcoming)
- Westminster (2 upcoming)
- Weston (8 upcoming)
- Westport (1 upcoming)
- Weymouth (3 upcoming)
- Whately (5 upcoming)
- Whitman (19 upcoming)
- Wilbraham (2 upcoming)
- Winchendon (5 upcoming)
- Winthrop Town (8 upcoming)
- Worcester (21 upcoming)
- Wrentham (4 upcoming)
- Yarmouth (8 upcoming)