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Select Board hears complaint over Wentworth Hotel tent noise; hotel cites heat and guest comfort
Summary
Barbara Campbell filed a noise complaint regarding amplified music and tent walls not being lowered at the Wentworth on June 26; a hotel representative acknowledged the issue and discussed air-cooling as a mitigation option.
Select Board Member Barbara Campbell explained she filed a complaint alleging the Wentworth Hotel did not immediately lower tent walls and reduce amplified music volume after being asked on June 26. Campbell framed the filing as a response to neighborhood disturbance and raised the need for clearer compliance with event conditions.
An Irena, identified as representing the Wentworth, acknowledged the reported incident and explained that extreme heat and guest comfort complicated the immediate lowering of tent walls. The board and the hotel representative discussed possible mitigation, including the use of air-cooling technology to allow tent walls to remain lowered while reducing interior temperatures. No formal enforcement action or vote was recorded; the parties agreed to use mitigation options as part of future event planning.
Chair Bob Thompson suggested the broader issue of event-related noise and compliance may merit review of the town’s noise ordinance; that wider review was discussed later in public comment but no formal ordinance changes were proposed at this meeting.
