November 2025 Special Town Meeting

View outside the Chocksett Middle School gymnasium shortly after the Special Town Meeting was placed in recess on November 3

The November 2025 Special Town Meeting in Sterling, Massachusetts has been in recess since approximately 19:00 on Monday, November 3, 2025. It is expected to reconvene at an undetermined location on Thursday, November 13.

Several significant articles are on the warrant, including a zoning bylaw related to the MBTA Communities Act and a $2 million dollar appropriation for the DPW building project.

Timeline

Abortive November 3 meeting

Activists collect signatures for voter ID and related initiative petitions outside the Chocksett Gymnasium

The original meeting was scheduled for 18:30 on November 3. There was an unprecedented level of attendance at the meeting, with many voters waiting outside the venue or struggling to find parking. Select Board member and Clerk Maureen Cranson remarked that she had "never seen so many come out for a special [town meeting.]"

Because the venue could not accommodate all of the voters in attendance, a recess was declared shortly after the start of the meeting.

Rescheduling and venue

On the night of the 3rd, Assistant Town Clerk Shane Rhodes told the Clinton Item that the meeting would be rescheduled for the night of Thursday, November 13. However, the location of the new meeting had not yet been decided.