{"id":96139,"date":"2024-04-18T16:23:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=96139"},"modified":"2024-04-18T16:23:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:23:46","slug":"holden-ready-for-main-street-resurfacing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2024\/04\/18\/holden-ready-for-main-street-resurfacing\/","title":{"rendered":"Holden ready for Main Street resurfacing"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Ken Cleveland<\/em>
\nLandmark Correspondent<\/em><\/div>\n

HOLDEN \u2014 \u201cKeenly aware Main Street is having problems with detours and delays,\u201d Town Manager Peter Lukes told selectmen April 1 that he encouraged residents to let the town know when there are issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cMain Street is a state road. When there is a pothole, we encourage you to report it,\u201d Lukes said. \u201cWe report it to (the state Department of Transportation). We\u2019re not the responding entity, unfortunately,\u201d so the town cannot fix road issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are expecting full resurfacing within the next month or so, which is why so much underground work is being done,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Lukes said most if not all of the work on the road will be done at night, although an exact timeline was not yet available. Work would resurface the road from Shrewsbury Street down Main Street to the center of town.<\/p>\n

Selectmen Chair Stephanie Mulroy noted that the bridge by Val\u2019s was also a concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s another state project outside our hands,\u201d Lukes said, adding that that project is \u201cmore than a few years out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lukes also said the process of getting playing fields ready for athletic teams has been an issue due to weather. Using the fields when they are water-logged and muddy damages them, and it takes time for them to recoup.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a Holden thing,\u201d he said, but one facing the region, as weather drives all towns’ field use.<\/p>\n

Lukes updated the board on the MBTA Communities conflict with the state. The conflict is also progressing through another community, Milton, which filed a response.<\/p>\n

He said it is likely to be before the State Judicial Court later this year. Holden was the first to challenge the legitimacy of the regulations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Milton and the Attorney General\u2019s office will settle it for us,\u201d Lukes said.<\/p>\n

Appointment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Board members indicated April 1 that they wanted a resident who did not win appointment as an election worker to come back and volunteer again.<\/p>\n

Selectman Anthony Renzoni said he could not find any indication election worker appointees come in to meet with the board.<\/p>\n

Questions at the board’s March 18 meeting led to a 2 to 2 deadlock on the appointment, with Stephanie Mulroy not in attendance.<\/p>\n

The tie vote meant Nadia Kaminki was not appointed, although her appointment had been submitted by the town clerk through the usual process.<\/p>\n

Board members Thomas Curran and Geri Herlihy had voted against the appointment, seeking to have Kaminski attend the board meeting to answer questions any members might have.<\/p>\n

However, at the April 1 meeting, Herlihy said, \u201cI\u2019m happy to support anything that comes from the town clerk. I don\u2019t need anyone to come in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curran said that he had wanted her to come before the committee \u201cbecause other appointees usually come to the committee.\u201d But he added that \u201cI\u2019m fine supporting her if she wants to come back.\u201d He said it was not the case that he wanted to inject national politics into the local process.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something we\u2019ve never insisted on before,\u201d Renzoni said about the request for the appointee to come before the board. \u201cI want her to come in to apologize to her,\u201d noting that \u201cshe failed to get appointment by a tie vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened at the last meeting was an embarrassment,\u201d Mulroy said. \u201cI would like to invite Mrs. Kaminski here if only to apologize to her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mulroy addressed her fellow board members, saying \u201cI believe both of you that it wasn\u2019t ill-intended. I hope in the future we can have a little more transparency in how we do things and be consistent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ken Cleveland Landmark Correspondent HOLDEN \u2014 \u201cKeenly aware Main Street is having problems with detours and delays,\u201d Town Manager Peter Lukes told selectmen April 1 that he encouraged residents to let the town know when there are issues. \u201cMain Street is a state road. When there is a pothole, we encourage you to report […]<\/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":[33,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96139","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=96139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96139\/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=96139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}