On March 11, one of our partners, Ivria Glass Fried, will be serving as a panelist in a day-long symposium on Town Meeting and Local Democracy. The symposium, entitled “Deliberation and Division: Making Change at the New England Town Meeting,” is free and open to the public. Ivria will be addressing contemporary challenges, innovation, and potential legislation. We invite you to participate in person or online. You may register here . More information on the symposium may be

Welcome to 2026! We look forward to seeing you all at Connect351 , the Massachusetts Municipal Association’s annual trade show. We’ll be at Booth 1021 . Be sure to stop by and collect some Harrington Heep swag.       The new year is starting off quietly, with little in the way of municipal law updates, but we could not let the month go without a shout out to our own Christopher Brown and Andrew Bettinelli for their victory at arbitration over a union grievance. In Departmen

We are pleased to welcome Billerica to our family of municipalities and regional governments for whom we serve. We wish all our new readers from Billerica and all of our long-time readers a restful period at this start to the holiday season.

We are pleased to welcome the return of Eric Reustle to the firm. Eric has a particular expertise in non-profit and charities law, but he...

Your humble editor owes a mea culpa  to you, our discerning readers. The reflection on eighteenth century Town Meetings included in last...

As we end another successful Town Meeting season, here are some satirical words reflecting on the process:    So did this Town with...

Harrington Heep is pleased to welcome the Town of Mansfield to the municipalities for which we serve as Town Counsel.

Welcome to the March issue of the Harrington Heep newsletter. Recently, Andrew Bettinelli and Donna Brewer presented before the Citizen...

Happy New Year to you all. 2025 is already chockful of important municipal law developments, among them success for our labor...

We are proud to announce that four of our lawyers are recognized  by their peers for their expertise. Donna M. Brewer and Christopher L....

We are honored to announce that Ivria Glass Fried has been elected by her peers to be the President of the Massachusetts Municipal Law...

Welcome to the second half of 2024. We congratulate Elaine Lazarus for her elevation from Interim Town Manager to Town Manager of...

No joke, it is April! We expect that you are all immersed in Town Meetings, as are we. As we turn a page in the monthly calendar, another...

It was great to see so many of you at Massachusetts Municipal Association's Annual Conference in January. We hope that you picked up some...

Welcome to 2024. A new year and new developments in municipal law. We hope all your resolutions are fulfilled. Are you attending the...

The end of October is the time of Samhain, the ancient celebration of the transition from harvest season to the restful winter period....

We hope our readers had a restful summer. We have made it through the dog days of August. Welcome to hurricane season and back to school!...

We are thrilled to announce that Bryan Bertram and Chris Brown have been elevated to partnership of the firm! Bryan and Chris are...

We congratulate Ivria Glass Fried on her election as Vice President and Chris Brown on his election as Executive Board Member of the...

Happy New Year! The Massachusetts Municipal Association’s Annual Meeting and Trade Show returns on January 20-21, 2023, as an in-person...