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Megan O'Connell, Select Board candidate, urges fiscal efficiency to protect Westford schools
Summary
Megan O'Connell, running for one of Westford's three-year Select Board seats, said the town must pursue operational efficiencies rather than assume a future tax override will pass, citing state data on Proposition 2½ and urging voters to back her on May 5.
Megan O'Connell announced her campaign for one of Westford's three-year Select Board seats and urged voters to back a strategy of fiscal efficiency to preserve local schools and public safety.
"I want my children and your children to be able to live here when they become adults," O'Connell said, identifying family and the quality of Westford Public Schools as central reasons for her run. She said she has six children, four of whom still attend school in town.
O'Connell cited…
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