A test balloon can be seen to the left of center in his photo taken from Great Woods Road in Otis. The test was run April 14, at a height of 180 feet. The town is considering leasing a cell tower site to Verizon Wireless. PROVIDED BY MARK LAMANNA
OTIS â More than 70 people piled on to a Zoom meeting this week to explore a topic that never really came up. Only the topic of the topic did.
And that spurred the Otis Select Board to schedule an âinformational meetingâ on a disputed cell tower proposal for the Big Pond area.
Though the tower was not on the boardâs agenda Tuesday, many dozens tuned in, after an alert went out that the issue might be broached during discussion of the May 18 annual town meeting warrant. In recent meetings, residents have appealed to the board to devote a whole meeting to the question as a decision by the board draws near.