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Select board declares donated child-size picnic table surplus after heated Parks & Rec dispute; donors opt to take it back
Summary
After a contentious exchange between donors and the Parks and Recreation Committee, the select board voted to either place a donated child-size picnic table at the common playground or allow the donors to take it home; the donors opted to take it and the board then declared the table surplus town property.
The Board of Selectmen on Dec. 16 took up a letter from the Parks and Recreation Committee requesting that a donated child-size picnic table be moved from Little Park to the children’s play area at the common. The committee said the table’s prior installation created a safety hazard and limited access to a handicap-accessible table.
Brandon Avery, chair of the Parks and Recreation Committee, wrote that the committee recommended relocating the table to a more appropriate location and suggested affixing a small…
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