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Wickham Hall volunteers ask selectboard to clarify stewardship, rental rules and use of trust funds

Selectboard (Town of Swanzey) · February 12, 2026
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Summary

Volunteer members introducing themselves as the Whitcomb/Wickham Hall and Pete Johnson Memorial committees told the Selectboard they want to merge and coordinate upkeep, asked about using roughly $26,000 in trust funds for maintenance and proposed working with DPW on improvements and a caretaker plan.

Volunteer stewards of Wickham Hall introduced themselves to the Selectboard and asked the town to clarify how the committees and town would share responsibility for maintenance, rentals and restricted funds.

"I'm Sharon Greatbatch," the committee chair said, and she identified Mike Gamarlow as chairman of the Whitcomb/Wickham Hall Committee. Greatbatch said the groups helped raise money for the hall’s renovations and continue to support seasonal plantings, Christmas decorations and Memorial Day flowers, and that the Pete Johnson Memorial Committee has donated…

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