Highlighting News Stories for Our Town for the week of January 21, 2002

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Unfinished Business

Town Administrator, Michael Boynton, faces a large task this year, beginning with the budget message to be issued later this month.

And, there are a host of old items sitting in the list of unfinished business that await his scrutiny. One such item has been in his sight already.

Let’s look ourselves.

1. In East Walpole, traveling down Washington Street, you head toward Norwood and see a strange sign on the right side of the road.

The sign warns pedestrians about walking along the sidewalk, since the bridge underneath that area of Washington Street is considered to be unsafe.

Yet, there is no prohibition about vehicular traffic continuing along the road itself.

2. The town has been looking at this problem for some time and has not been clear about the right solution.

3. The state has indicated that the bridge underneath Washington Street is in poor condition and deteriorating day in and day out.

4. A problem that has hindered the solution is the determination of responsibility. Is it the town’s problem or the state’s or that of the owner of the bridge?

5. Regardless of who owns the problem, it appears that the bridge repair needs to be done.

6. The issues of pedestrian and vehicular safety are paramount.


We applaud our new town administrator for picking up this item on the unfinished business list and giving it some priority.

On the new business list, we await the process whereby the town will replace our valued Finance Director, Dave Davison, who is leaving this month.


There is much to do in this year of the palindrome.



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