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Rolling Brook residents press Blackstone board for snow removal; board seeks legal opinion
Summary
Residents of Rolling Brook Lane asked the Town of Blackstone Board of Selectmen on Dec. 17 for town snow and ice removal or guidance on the petition process under Chapter 40, §6C. The board directed staff to obtain an updated legal opinion and provide a list of private ways.
At the Dec. 17 meeting of the Town of Blackstone Board of Selectmen, residents of Rolling Brook Lane asked the board to consider arranging town plowing and sanding for their private street or to provide clear instructions for a petition to put the issue before voters.
Miss Pelletier, speaking for neighbors, said the ten-house street faces high seasonal costs for private plowing and asked whether the town could intervene. “We’re just kinda looking at our options and wondering if it’s possible, to do a petition or whatever we need, to have the town plow and sand our street,” she said.
A town staff member read from a memorandum from Kopelman and Page explaining the statutory route for town-funded snow…
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