Billerica and Chelmsford are two of fewer than 50 towns in Massachusetts that employ the representative Town Meeting form of government. Just as the towns faced low voter turnout in this month's elections, they also now face extremely low numbers of elected Town Meeting representatives heading into their spring meetings.
WESTFORD When Makenna Pearlman earned her journeyman electrician license on Feb. 23, it was a historic day not just for her, but also for her alma mater.