Danvers Delays Town Meeting A Second Time

DANVERS, MA — Danvers selectmen approved a measure Tuesday to delay Town Meeting to June 22 from June 15 and move it from the Danvers High School auditorium to its field house.

Both measures, Town Manager Steve Bartha and Town Clerk Joe Collins told selectmen, will help officials develop better social distancing protocols for the town meeting representatives and Danvers officials who attend.

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Selectmen pushed town meeting back to June 15 from May when the state granted municipalities the authority to delay spring elections and town meetings because of the coronavirus crisis. Town meeting will have a stripped-down warrant, with two closely-watched articles delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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