"State awards regionalization grants" State House News Service, March 17, 2012
The Patrick administration awarded $5 million in grants Friday to cities, towns, and counties across the state for regionalization and government efficiency projects, providing what one official called the “seed money’’ for municipalities to band together to provide education, public works, and other services....
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"The state has offered incentives in the past, but has not always fulfilled the promises it made to communities that regionalized. Wachusett Regional, which was formed in 1955 and enrolls students from the towns of Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, and Sterling, never received all of the state money promised for increased transportation costs, said Cynthia Bazinet, a School Committee member there. Such experiences could deter other communities from regionalizing, she said. "Out transportation costs are enormous," she said. "And we've never been reimbursed in the manner promised."
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