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Select Board hears urgent concerns about deteriorating Church on the Hill; weighs stabilization, sale or volunteer-led options
Summary
Board members and residents described structural deterioration at the historic Church on the Hill and debated options including stabilization, fundraising, selling to a nonprofit, or allowing it to decay; staff will convene the church committee for a site evaluation and photo documentation.
Select Board members and residents raised urgent concerns March 11 about the structural condition of the historic Church on the Hill and the need for a community decision about stabilization, sale or other stewardship options.
Town staff and volunteers described extensive maintenance needs: failing window frames, plaster falling from ceilings, rotted framing in the steeple and evidence the building requires both exterior and interior structural repairs. One board member estimated that a full stabilization and…
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