Voters Hit Polls to Decide Fire House Funding Measure

Westborough voters go to the polls today to vote on .

This special election is the result of a vote taken at the where voters approved the appropriation of  $11,208,000 for construction of a new fire station. That approval was contingent on debt exclusion funding, meaning that the $11.2 million would not be subject to the restrictions of Proposition 2 ½.

If the vote passes, residents agree to pay the $11.2 million over 20 years and outside of a levy limit of 2 ½ percent. If the vote fails, the approval of the fire station project on March 17 is defeated and the project will have to introduced to voters at a future town meeting, presumably with a different method of funding.

Polls are open today from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the following places:

• Precinct 1 – gym, 20 Fisher St.
• Precinct 2 – gym, 111 East Main St.
• Precinct 3 – Gibbons Middle School gym, 20 Fisher St.
• Precinct 4 – gym, 6 Olde Hickory Path
• Precinct 5 – Mill Pond School gym, 6 Olde Hickory Path

Any resident who is unsure of his or her polling location is asked to call for information at 508-366-3020.

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