The Boston Globe 11/16/09: Rockland voters back $86m school. Despite the sputtering economy, seven area communities this fall are plunging ahead with campaigns to raise property taxes for multimillion-dollar school construction projects.

Rockland residents yesterday voted 2,092 to 942 to raise property taxes to build an $86 million middle and high school, approving the second such tax increase in six months by a more than 2 to 1 margin.

Over the next month, at least six other Bay State towns – Billerica, Hamilton, Needham, Norfolk, Wayland, and Wenham – will hold similar special elections, seeking debt exclusion to pay for big-ticket renovation or school construction.