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The city will spend $4.5 million in 2024 on the Central Fire Station/Town Center Complex remodeling project.

The city will spend $4.5 million in 2024 on the Central Fire Station/Town Center Complex remodeling project.

RICHMOND — Prolonged applause and cheers erupted Wednesday night as a huge turnout of annual town meeting voters approved the largest building project since the expansion and renovation of the Richmond Consolidated School 20 years ago. A near-record crowd overwhelmingly endorsed a new Town Hall, Library and Community Center project costing up to $6.8 million, financed primarily by a low-interest bond. The margin, 270 in favor, 34 against, was far above the required two-thirds supermajority of 203. Turnout was about 25 percent of the 1,239 registered voters. The thumping victory margin su...

RICHMOND — 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 “baby town meeting” to inform vote...