State environmental regulators have given nods to underground fuel tanks and a lagoon system to treat wastewater at a planned Love’s truck stop off Interstate 90 next to Ramsay.
Next steps: Williamsburg school will be razed, public safety building committee formed
A view from the east of the 1914 Helen E. James School at 16 Main St. in Williamsburg. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Published: 4/20/2021 8:51:20 PM
WILLIAMSBURG The Helen E. James School building, which has stood for more than 100 years, is set to be demolished this year.
The school will come down as part of a $5.1 million project to build a public safety complex on the property. Borrowing for the complex passed a Proposition 2½ debt exclusion vote Monday by a vote of 358 to 187, following the project’s approval at an April 3 Special Town Meeting by a vote of 259 to 48.
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Williamsburg voters OK new $5M safety complex
Helen E. James school built in 1914 in Williamsburg.
Published: 4/4/2021 8:41:21 PM
WILLIAMSBURG Voters at Saturday’s special Town Meeting overwhelmingly signed off on construction of a new public safety complex, involving demolition of the Helen E. James School, for $5.1 million.
“The line was so long we didn’t actually get to start the meeting at 2 o’clock,” said Town Administrator Charlene Nardi.
More than 300 voters attended the meeting, and the vote was 259-48 for the article.
“I’m so excited to have this pass,” said Nardi.
The article was drafted by the Owner’s Project Manager Steering Committee, which was formed in 2017 to determine the site and scale of a new public safety complex. Jim Ayres chairs the committee and he said that he’s been involved with the public safety complex issue for more than six years.