Where: Richmond Consolidated School, 1831 State Road (Route 41), gymnasium.
A large turnout is expected this year as voters consider whether to approve a major investment with a massive payoff, promising to create what this rural community lacks: The semblance of a centrally located âdowntownâ to replace a century-old, deteriorated and hazardous Town Hall and a cramped, rented library in a former garage.
Town Center project: Enthusiastically recommended by the Finance Committee, the proposed town offices, community center and library complex would be the largest building project since the renovation and expansion of the Richmond Consolidated School 20 years ago. Requiring financing toward an estimated cost of up to $6.8 million, a two-thirds supermajority is required for approval. A $1.9 million town hall/library proposal came up eight votes short in 2002, and a revised plan failed in 2005 by a handful of votes. Selectman Roger Manzolini, a strong advocate of the project,
RICHMOND â Park at the school. Stroll across the field and up the hill and walk into a new Town Hall and library.
Your feet will be on grass, not flooring, but itâs a creative chance to visualize the possibilities. Precise mowing and red-tagged stakes outline the shape of a new town building that would replace a cramped, rented library building and a decrepit Town Hall.
Richmond voters who take this walk will be on the knoll of land Richmond voters bought decades ago, taking advantage of its availability in case the town would need a new Town Hall. Someday. And now, someday has arrived.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. One of sports most celebrated losers turned 30 this month. Zippy Chippy, the retired racehorse known for being winless in 100 races, observed this milestone birthday in style with a party and more than 200 cards from fans. He s in pretty good shape, said JoAnn Pepper, owner of Old Friends of Cabin Creek Farm in New York where the lovable loser has resided for about 10 years. He s doing really well for 30 years old and he s quite famous, people come from all over to see him. He must have gotten over 200 birthday cards in the mail from Facebook and Twitter and all of that.
RICHMOND â The fate of a proposed $6.6 million town center complex north of the Richmond Consolidated School will be in the hands of annual town meeting voters next month.
The planned town offices, community center and library would be the largest building project since the major renovation and expansion of Richmond Consolidated School, completed in 2000.
A site visit, giving the public a tour of the location, is scheduled from 10 to noon May 1. The property, where the tennis court is located, was purchased by the town in 1996.
The traditional âbaby town meetingâ to inform voters is scheduled for 10 a.m. May 8, also at the school.
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