Protecting our town and quality of life
Posted in CPA in other towns on Dec 18th, 2008
The Salem news is reporting about a dredging project in Peabody. This sounds to me like an OK to do maintenance on the waters at Oliver Mill. The City Council kept asking, three times since 2003, for a legal opinion on whether Peabody could use Community Preservation Act money to pay for the dredging of [...]
Posted in Meetings on Dec 17th, 2008
The first meeting of CpaNow was very well attended. We were lucky to have many of the members of the Community Preservation Committee from 2002 there. Their insight about the last CPA campaign is very valuable. The meeting was part informational and part organizational. We covered the information in this CPA summary and took many [...]
Posted in Press on Dec 16th, 2008
The Gazette has a good article about our CPA efforts. Beginning with a meeting that is scheduled for 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 16 in the lower meeting room at the Middleboro Public Library, Mr. Belanger and other local residents who support his goals hope to launch a grassroots effort to attain passage of the [...]
Posted in Press on Dec 16th, 2008
From the Enterprise: They were bitter opponents over whether to allow a casino in town, but they’ve put their differences aside in an effort to get the Community Preservation Act passed by a petition initiative for the spring ballot. Board of Selectman Chairman Adam M. Bond, who helped frame the casino agreement with the Mashpee [...]
Posted in CPA in other towns on Dec 10th, 2008
This article came in via a Google alert and contains this tantalizing statement: “The facility will be brought completely up-to-date, it will be ADA-compliant and handicap-accessible,” Mr. Foster said. “The other benefit is by taking matters into our own hands, we are gaining some immunity to unfriendly 40B projects that might be forced on Marion.” [...]
Posted in CPA in other towns on Dec 10th, 2008
I’ve been watching the CPA campaign in Gloucester and am pleased to see that it passed. Gloucester voters passed the Community Preservation Act, with 8,259 voting yes, and 6,088 voting no. Question 4 on Gloucester ballots asked voters whether they wanted to accept the Community Preservation Act and add a 1 percent surcharge on the [...]
Posted in CPA in other towns on Dec 10th, 2008
When you have a historic town hall like we do in Middleboro, there is always work needed. With the high cost of fuel and higher awareness of the environment, I’m quite sure there is plenty of work to be done to Middleboro Town Hall. This article from Wicked Local shows what Hanson was able to [...]