Aid for private road under board scope.COLUMN: Digest EAST BROOKFIELD East Brookfield is the name of the following places in the United States:
A private road is often established because an individual needs to gain access to land; such a road can cross another person's property. are not a town responsibility, the Board of Selectmen SELECTMEN. The name of certain officers in several of the United States, who are invested by the statutes of the several states with various powers. Monday assured a Red Gable Road resident that efforts will be made to protect that private road from beaver damage and culvert problems. "If we lose the road, we're going to place the lives and property of residents in jeopardy," Glenn Fletcher told selectmen. Selectman se·lect·man n. One of a board of town officers chosen annually in New England communities to manage local affairs. Noun 1. selectman - an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns Lawrence S. Gordon reminded Mr. Fletcher that state law prohibits the town from working on private roads, but at the same time the town wants to help local residents. The local Highway Department will see what limited work can be done to assist the residents, selectmen said. School Superintendent Ralph Hicks has informed selectmen that the Massachusetts School Building Authority The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) was created on July 28, 2004, of the Chapter 208 of the Acts of 2004, by the Massachusetts legislature. It is an independent public authority that assesses school building needs in cities and towns throughout the state. has put East Brookfield and Spencer on a faster track toward possible financial aid in renovating and adding onto David Prouty High School in Spencer. The authority has informed the regional school district that it is moving the proposed school project up to the feasibility study phase of a lengthy determination process. There is no estimated price tag for the work, selectmen said. A $2,500 emergency management grant offered the town will likely be passed over. The grant requires a town match in either funds or services worth $2,500, but Selectman Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. E. Fayard said the town is not able to provide the match or prepared to use the money for its intended purpose of enhancing the town's emergency management plan. |
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