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Old Home Day organizers ask the town for more support after rising costs; committee seeks fiscal detail
Summary
The Old Home Day committee requested town funding to reduce reliance on private fundraising after reporting roughly $27,800 in event expenses last year; the Finance Committee asked for an itemized account and discussed a middle ground for town support.
Diane Doherty, chair of the Recreation Commission, and Mike Lally, Old Home Day organizer, presented the recreation budget and a funding request for Old Home Day to the Finance Committee. Lally said last year’s event expenses totaled about $27,800 and asked the town to provide increased support so the committee need not rely so heavily on private donations.
Lally provided an itemized run‑down of significant expenses from the prior year, including a pyrotechnics deposit and final payment (the meeting record listed a large fireworks line that has fluctuated…
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