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BUDGET: $482,546

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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