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The referendum vote failed 830 votes to 312 votes, according to an unofficial tally released shortly after polls closed.

The voters in Hardwick on Saturday decided they don’t want a racetrack. According to the town’s unofficial tally from Saturday’s special election, 830 people voted against the special permit for the race track, outnumbering the 312 yes votes in favor of the track.

What to do with Great Meadowbrook Farm? That’s the question facing Hardwick residents as they head to the polls at Hardwick Elementary School on Saturday for a referendum vote on whether the former farm should be redeveloped into a horse breeding, retirement facility, and a racetrack, or if the land part of the state’s Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR) Program will go back to the owners who are trying to sell it.  Polls will open at noon and close at 7 p.m. on Saturday. 

Residents of Hardwick are divided about whether to allow horseracing in their community: the question will be put to a vote Saturday

Horse racing can draw tourists & generate tax revenue, but one proposed for Plymouth was nixed by residents, Hardwick residents vote in January