Board seeks to revive Town House.Byline: Kim Ring NORTH BROOKFIELD North Brookfield is the name of some places in the United States.
tr. & intr.v. re·o·pened, re·o·pen·ing, re·o·pens 1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September. the building as the seat of town government. But if that effort fails, 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 James J. Foyle said, "We might have to tear the thing down." Structural problems forced the closing of the building in November 2002, and since then many repairs have been done. The building is used from time to time, but municipal offices remain scattered Scattered Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest. about the town and have yet to move back into the 145-year-old centerpiece of the downtown. Part of the problem, selectmen said, is that there is some friction between two committees that have an interest in the building. The Friends of the Town House were asked for opinions about the restoration project, although their duties were limited to handling functions planned for the Great Hall, Selectman James N. Caldwell said. When the discussion turned to the bell tower and the possibility that less costly materials might be used, "the Friends group got in an all-hell uproar," he said. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places This article is about the U.S. Register. For the National Register of Historic Places in Canada see Canadian Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places , which may have been the reason for some of the concern. "The Friends became fragmented frag·ment n. 1. A small part broken off or detached. 2. An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript. 3. , too wrapped up in things the building committee had charge of," Mr. Caldwell said. Now Mary F. Walter, the board's newest member, wants to sit down with the Town House Committee to see if the project can move forward. She hopes to meet with both groups. "I'd like to see all of these people in the same room," she said, "to come to a common ground on how to proceed." But fellow board members thought it might be best to first meet with the committee to see if members want to continue their work and just what can be done to get the group moving forward. Ms. Walter said she wondered if anyone else from town might want to join the committee. She expects to meet with the group tomorrow, she said. Late last year, voters rejected a $4.1 million renovation of the Town House. NAME: NORTH BROOKFIELD TOWN HOUSE |
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