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Commission discusses White Cliffs warrants, stone-wall preservation and upcoming town events
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Summary
Commissioners reviewed White Cliffs open-house and town-meeting warrants, discussed including stone-wall documentation in historic filings, heard that a Whitney Street house received state approval for National Register consideration, and noted upcoming community events tied to CPA funding.
Commissioners used the April 15 meeting to flag several items tied to White Cliffs and broader historic-preservation work, including an open house, town-meeting warrants and proposals to document stone walls across town as a CPA-funded initiative.
Chair Bob Light said he had "no update" yet on the Howard Street National Register filing but noted that the Norm Corbin house on Whitney Street had received state approval and now awaits formal National Register action. He also told the commission there is an open house at White Cliffs tomorrow from noon to 2 p.m. and that town meeting will include warrants related to an overlay-district zoning amendment and a proposal from Elegant Banquet.
Commissioners raised stone-wall documentation as a longer-range CPA option and suggested engaging a consultant to include walls in historic-resource filings for White Cliffs; Millie (absent) had earlier suggested documenting town stone walls to help preserve them. During discussion of the Brigham Street burial ground the chair said ground-penetrating radar indicated roughly 116 possible burial sites, though the commission noted only a handful of marked graves exist. That claim was recorded for follow-up verification.
Commissioners also discussed several upcoming events supported in part by town grants: a May 1 concert at Trinity Church (free to Northborough residents; $50 for out-of-town attendees; children 18 and younger free) and a May 30 colonial fair recognizing the town's 250th anniversary. The commission encouraged attendance and noted logistics (possible food trucks, cannon displays and militia reenactors) are being coordinated.
The commission agreed to add CPA project ideas (labyrinth, stone-wall documentation) to the minutes for follow-up at the next meeting and to consider consultant support for preservation filings.
