{"id":47057,"date":"2023-12-21T15:14:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=47057"},"modified":"2023-12-21T15:14:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:14:40","slug":"quinapoxet-slated-to-reopen-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2023\/12\/21\/quinapoxet-slated-to-reopen-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinapoxet slated to reopen in January"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Ken Cleveland<\/em>
\nLandmark Correspondent<\/em><\/div>\n

HOLDEN \u2014 The flooding caused by busy beavers off Quinapoxet Street, combined with a collapsed culvert under the road, will keep the road closed likely until the end of January, Town Manager Peter Lukes said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a long process,\u201d Lukes told selectmen at their Dec. 11 meeting, with the need to exterminate the beavers, remove their dams and then determine that the culvert had collapsed.<\/p>\n

The town has bid and now contracted for the work, while Tannery Brook keeps flowing even if it has to flow over the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re waiting for the giant pipes to build the culvert and a final permit,\u201d Lukes said.<\/p>\n

He said he anticipated work starting shortly, estimating about 30 days before it is completed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the end of January, we should have it open once again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

School budget<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Finance Committee and Board of Selectmen are working together on the budget that most affects the town\u2019s spending, the school budget. They plan to send a letter to the school district on the town positions as discussion and planning start for the budget voters will face in the spring.<\/p>\n

Paul Challenger, chair of the Finance Committee, told selectmen that the district had issues it was working on, having used most of its savings in the past year\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew staff have been patching things up,\u201d he said of the fiscal discoveries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are caught up on their audits and filing with the state,\u201d Challenger said, \u201cbut they used available cash to fill holes they found.\u201d<\/p>\n

Selectman Anthony Renzoni said he was concerned about the schools\u2019 request next year starting higher since the budget used nonrecurring tax revenue.<\/p>\n

With suggestions there would have to be a conversation about an override before the town reaches its tax levy limit, Challenger noted that the town had gone 35 years without passing a Proposition 2\u00bd override.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m appreciative of the transparency from the district,\u201d Selectman Geri Herlihy said of the new administration.<\/p>\n

Chairman Stephanie Mulroy praised the efforts to keep the lines of communication open and transparency in the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe School Committee traditionally starts their process in January,\u201d member Stephen Curran, a former school board member, said. \u201cThe sooner they hear (from town) the better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Light department report <\/strong><\/p>\n

The board approved the budget for the Holden Municipal Light Department at $16.7 million, with a capital budget of $3.4 million. The department is funded by ratepayers, not taxes.<\/p>\n

The board also approved the light department joining a services cooperative.<\/p>\n

HMLD highlights for the year include:<\/p>\n

Two major storms in January and February cost $150,683, with outside crews and mutual aid helping to restore power;<\/p>\n

Purchased all new flags and poles for Memorial Day;<\/p>\n

New lights and bows to redo wreaths for the holidays;<\/p>\n

Signed a battery storage contract, which should be in operation in October 2024;<\/p>\n

The Bullard Street project and Chaffins substation project were fully completed; and<\/p>\n

Holden now has 106 solar accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ken Cleveland Landmark Correspondent HOLDEN \u2014 The flooding caused by busy beavers off Quinapoxet Street, combined with a collapsed culvert under the road, will keep the road closed likely until the end of January, Town Manager Peter Lukes said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a long process,\u201d Lukes told selectmen at their Dec. 11 meeting, with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}