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North Brookfield Selectmen transfer ‘Little Park’ oversight, form Memorial Park committee after volunteer dispute
Summary
After months of disagreement over stewardship, the Board of Selectmen voted to move the small corner park out of Parks & Recreation oversight, form a North Brookfield Memorial Park Committee and invite donor John Tripp to return a memorial picnic table with matching plaques.
The Town of North Brookfield Board of Selectmen voted Dec. 30 to remove the small corner site known locally as the “Little Park” from the Parks and Recreation Committee’s purview and establish a North Brookfield Memorial Park Committee to oversee stewardship and funding.
Selectman Gilman, who read a prepared statement calling for reconciliation, laid out six steps the board should take to resolve a dispute over a donated picnic table and broader stewardship. “I believe that most folks can agree that there has been too much division in our little town,” Gilman said, and proposed returning oversight to the Selectmen, adopting a policy requiring Board approval for park additions, asking donor John Tripp…
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