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Resident urges select board to reject recent repairs to Upper Main Street war monument
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Rita Carr, chair of the Nantucket Historical Commission (speaking for herself), urged the Select Board not to accept recent stone repairs to the Upper Main Street war monument, arguing the replacement granite and installation were inappropriate and asking the board to reopen the insurance claim.
Rita Carr, chair of the Nantucket Historical Commission, speaking on her own behalf during public comment on May 21, urged the Select Board not to accept recent repairs to the Soldiers and Sailors monument on Upper Main Street and asked the town to press the insurance company for a corrected restoration.
"I would really encourage the select board not to accept the current date of these repairs," Carr said, describing the newly installed granite posts and curbing as taller, not level, slightly wider and of a different stone type that does not match the original Quincy granite. She said the…
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