Overrides on tap in two communities

By Globe Staff

Voters are going to the polls today in two Bay State communities to decide whether to increase their taxes by overriding the state's Proposition 2 ½ property tax-limiting law.

In Bridgewater, residents are pondering a $2.8 million tax increase after the failure of four similar overrides in the past six years.

The selectmen are warning a "no" vote will shut down the public library, senior center, and recreation department, and decimate public safety services.

In Scituate, residents are voting on a $2.33 million debt exclusion override that would raise taxes to pay for the renovation of the Wampatuck Elementary School on Tilden Road.