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Select board wins permission to repurpose Thornton W. Burgess School; moving and renovation funds approved
Summary
Town meeting approved changing the use of the former Thornton W. Burgess Middle School parcel, and voted to fund moving and initial repairs to allow relocation of town offices and the library. The zoning/use change passed by two-thirds; separate appropriations of $80,000 for moving and $75,000 for initial repairs also passed.
Town meeting members voted to change the legal use of the parcel that contains the former Thornton W. Burgess Middle School so the town may use the building for general municipal purposes, clearing the first legal hurdle to relocate town offices and the library to that site.
The article to change the parcel’s use to any lawful municipal purpose passed by the required two-thirds vote. Select board members said the school has been closed for several years and the town now owns the building; they argued moving administrative offices and the library to Thornton W. Burgess would solve long-standing space and accessibility problems at the current town hall and expand library and parks and recreation programming.
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