Starks
BUDGET: $482,546
MAJOR ITEMS APPROVED SATURDAY: Indigenous Peoples Day proposal approved, 32-2, replacing Columbus Day observances.
MAJOR ITEMS REJECTED: none
ATTENDANCE: 45
CONTESTED ELECTIONS: none
REFERENDUM: Proposed ordinance banning retail marijuana sales and social clubs passed, 61-39.
Cambridge
BUDGET: Voters approved a municipal budget of $154,087, 9 percent more than the previous one, including increases in the cost of cemetery care, mainly related to yard work and stone repair.
MAJOR ITEMS APPROVED SATURDAY: ordinance to prohibit retail marijuana establishments and social clubs in town, 61-57; all 46 warrant items
MAJOR ITEMS REJECTED: none
ATTENDANCE: 118
CONTESTED ELECTIONS: First selectmen, three-year term. Michael Watson defeated incumbent Ronald Strouse, 60-53.
REFERENDUMS: none
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