Wind Turbine Siting Hearing

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Wind Turbine Siting Hearing

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On Monday, January 20, 2014 there will be a hearing regarding:

Investigation by the Department of Public Utilities on its own Motion into Best Practices for the Siting of Land-Based Wind Energy Facilities.

This hearing will be conducted by the Department of Public Utilities at Mount Wachusett Community College  444 Green St in Gardner MA. The hearing will be conducted in the south Café from 7 pm – 10 pm.

Templeton BOS needs support not negativity

Templeton BOS needs support not negativity

To The Editor:
Robert C Mitchell
Templeton citizen

To The Editor:

Once again I find compelled to respond to a recent letter to the editor, “Some selectmen should resign after budget short fall” as I’m pretty sure the present Templeton Board of selectmen (BOS) are too busy trying to stop the buck to reply to this repetitive drivel. It seems the writer has condemned us with repeating history as it was in this very editorial spot published on July 19, 2010,  “Call for treasurer Coller to resign appropriate” by none other than Robert Columbus.

Board holds real estate entity accountable

Board holds real estate entity accountable

Eryn Dion
News Staff Writer

TEMPLETON — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday to hold real estate company Edgewood Development responsible for the remainder of a $75,000 settlement owed to the town after the company’s housing project fell through.

“They signed a legal, binding agreement,” said Chairman Jeffrey Bennett, whose frustration was echoed by both the board and those in attendance. “It’s a funding source we should hold them to.”

In 2009, Edgewood planned to build a 69-lot housing subdivision along Dudley Road, but after the housing market collapse, the project was dropped and the land sold to the Department of Conservation and Recreation.

As part of the original contract, the company offered a $75,000 gift agreement to be paid in either cash or in-kind services if nothing was done with the land by August 2015. The funding was slated to be split between Gilman-Waite Field and the Common Improvement Committee.

The Plainville-based company asked to be released from the hefty agreement with the town in November and were denied.