Editor's Note: Milford Patch covered the 2012 Annual Town Meeting using the Cover it Live platform, and tried to include some of the debate as it unfolded. View that post here if you want full coverage. Or, view the attached PDF of the 34-article warrant. If you prefer a quick recap of the highlights, read on: 1. The most significant debate of the three-plus hour meeting came on Article 18, which asked members to authorize $1 million for a feasibility study to examine and make recommendations on how to improve or replace Woodland Elementary School. Voters approved the measure 110 to 51. 2. A …

Milford Patch will publish a live blog of actions taken at the Milford Annual Town Meeting.

Editor's Note: The Annual Town Meeting in Milford will begin at 7:30 tonight at Milford Town Hall. Only elected Town Meeting members can vote on the articles. Viewers can watch at home on cable access TV. Milford Patch is planning to cover the meeting through our Cover it Live feature, which allows readers to view a live blog. The warrant is attached to this post as a PDF. If you don't plan to watch, or attend, the town meeting, here are some of the most important issues on the warrant: 1. The town's fiscal 2013 operating budget is contained in Article 4, and proposes $81 million in spending …

The Milford Youth Center will no longer have to raise funds to cover utilities for its building, under a proposed budget change that will go before Annual Town Meeting voters this month. The $27,000 line item, instead, will be covered under the town expenses, as is the case for all other buildings in Milford operated by the town government. The amount is based on prior history of utility payments, said Amy Tamagni and Michael Walsh, members of the Milford Youth Commission. Tamagni and Walsh appeared before the Milford selectmen this week, for a final update on the audit of the Youth Center. …

Milford Town Meeting voters will be asked to approve a tax incentive for a planned expansion of the Biomeasure facility that town officials say will lead to increased job opportunities. The TIF proposal, or tax increment financing proposal, would provide a 70 percent decrease on the property taxes for the expanded facility in fiscal 2013, gradually decreasing to a 10 percent break by the seventh year of the 10-year agreement. The company, located at 27 Maple St., is a subsidiary of Ipsen. It already has a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreement with the town and state, and the new agreement …

A noise bylaw that supporters say should relieve problems in congested neighborhoods — where neighbors keep each other awake with parties, barking dogs and other intrusive noises — will go to Annual Town Meeting for a vote. Milford Selectmen voted 2-1 to put the bylaw, as proposed last year, on the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting. Specific exemptions are expected to be added to reflect any concerns from the town's police chief, whose officers would enforce the new rules. Concerns have been raised about early-morning snowblowing being prohibited, for example, so an exemption could be made …