Shirley facing financial trouble

Is the town of Shirley facing the "R"-word...Receivership?  Will its residents vote for a balanced approach to address the deficit - additional revenues and strategic cuts - to perhaps forestall the Receivership?

... in July, Town Meeting will be faced with the daunting task of having to cut $552,000 from the budget after voters earlier this month returned $60,000 to the budget for the library, $4,608 to pay a Zoning Board of Appeals clerk and $487,000 toward the $4.7 million assessment requested by the Regional School Committee...If the override fails, the town will be forced to cut $704,000 from the budget. [Full Article: Sentinel and Enterprise]