Committee presses forward on Townhouse records cleanout and digitization options

Jul 30, 2026

Committee members agreed the Townhouse must be emptied and inventories made before restoration; they discussed temporary storage (fire station or college properties), university digitization help, state retention-schedule requirements, and the need for the assistant town manager and department heads to determine what must be preserved in paper form.

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Committee members reported progress on assessing the Townhouse interior and emphasized a first-step cleanout and inventory before preservation or restoration work. The chair said many file cabinets and records need review; members discussed temporary storage options — the fire station, possible college-owned houses, or a dry portion of the mobile station building — and agreed to ask the assistant town manager and department heads to identify records each department needs to retain on paper.

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