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Oakland seniors urge keeping twice‑weekly activities and renaming activity center to qualify for grants
Summary
Seniors and an activity center speaker told aldermen that planned cuts to senior programming would reduce services for roughly 50 regular attendees; residents urged the town to retain Thursday bingo and redesignate the facility to access senior‑center funding.
Residents asked the Town of Oakland Board of Aldermen to preserve twice-weekly senior programming at the town activity center and to change the facility's designation so it can pursue grants and other senior funding. One resident said the center draws about 50 seniors each meeting and called Thursday bingo "their life" and an essential social outlet.
The comments came during the citizen comment portion of the board meeting. The resident said staff had told patrons the center's…
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