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Tough talk on Wachusett budget - The Landmark

By Jan Gottesman The Item STERLING — It was not a comfortable discussion when Superintendent James Reilly and Business and Finance Director Michelle Grise met with Sterling officials March 13 to discuss a budget that increases assessments to the town without any real additions to the education plan. In some ways, as Sterling Finance Committee Chairman George Handy said, the presentation had to deal with things in the rear-view mirror (looking at…