A group of Town Meeting members and other concerned citizens are planning an “All Politics is Local” rally at Wellesley Middle School (50 Kingsbury St.) immediately preceding the first night of Annual Town Meeting on April 1. Town Meeting starts at 7pm, the rally at 6pm.

“Attendees will elevate concerns about how Presidential Executive Orders, DOGE cuts, and policy directives might impact local funding and policies, as well as the lives of residents” in areas such as education, immigration, public health, and more, we are told.

Participants are being asked to bring signs that reflect their concerns.

Town officials have expressed varying levels of concern about possible federal cuts, and their impact on state and local funding, during the budget planning process in recent months.

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