At its regular monthly meeting on February 1, 2018, the Board of Library Commissioners granted waivers of the FY2018 Municipal Appropriation Requirement (MAR), and certified the following communities to receive FY2018 State Aid to Public Libraries:
| 1. Adams | 12. North Adams |
| 2. Fairhaven | 13. North Attleborough |
| 3. Fall River | 14. Palmer |
| 4. Franklin | 15. Provincetown |
| 5. Greenfield | 16. Somerset |
| 6. Haverhill | 17. Spencer |
| 7. Lawrence | 18. Ware |
| 8. Longmeadow | 19. Warren |
| 9. Lynn | 20. Wilbraham |
| 10. Malden | 21. Woburn |
| 11. Newbury | 22. Yarmouth |