Few of the state’s 351 municipalities were spared the ax in the governor’s recent line-item spending vetoes. Here is a partial list of funding approved by the legislature but nixed by Mitt Romney. Many of these will be put back through veto overrides.
Amesbury $20,000 for cultural center
Billerica $100,000 for Vietnam Veterans Park improvements
Bourne $37,500 for traffic patrols
Braintree $100,000 to build gazebo/bandstand
Framingham $75,000 for Danforth Building repairs
Gardner $175,000 to renovate the Greenwood Memorial Bath House
Granby $100,000 for Town Hall improvements
Haverhill $2.6 million to help pay off Hale Hospital debt
Holliston $800,000 Sherborn Rail Trail improvements
Holyoke $50,000 for Heritage State Park merry-go-round
Hopedale $250,000 for pond improvements
Hopkinton $250,000 for Athletic Association
Hyannis $75,000 for Athletic Association
Lawrence $43,700 for election-monitoring computers
Longmeadow $100,000 for community festival
Lowell $200,000 for Cawley Stadium improvements
Lynn $5 million for Manning Field
Melrose $200,000 for street lights
Methuen $50,000 to repair senior-center roof
Milton $1 million to revitalize Central Avenue
New Bedford $100,000 for Zeiterion Theatre; $50,000 for art museum
Newburyport $40,000 for Economic Development Department’s Jump Start Program
North Adams $50,000 for Mohawk Theater improvements
Northampton $100,000 for the Lilly Library
Pittsfield $1 million for cinema rehabilitation
Quincy $300,000 for Manet Community Health Center
Saugus $250,000 to build community running track
South Hadley $50,000 for Old Firehouse Museum
Springfield $250,000 to upgrade the Bing Theater and CityStage
Stoughton $1 million to revitalize business district
Tewksbury $400,000 to expand senior center
Wakefield $50,000 for parking-alleviation study
Waltham $150,000 for parking-garage-improvement study
West Springfield $10,000 for police detail at parade
Woods Hole $50,000 for film festival
Worcester $2 million to replace fire station