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No new on Jct. Wharf grant By Fran Emmons: GREENVILLE - A handful of camp owners appeared before the Board of Selectmen Wednesday (June 18) to support applications for rubbish pick-up from the town. Three associations have applied, holding both the town and the rubbish collection contractor harmless, for the service. The board approved all three applications. The move came after the town shut down in May two rubbish collection sites that abutting residents and town officials agreed were unsanitary and a public health hazard. However, the closure left a number of taxpayers with out free pick-up service, a benefit for most of the town's residents. The town first placed dumpsters to service the residents who lived on non-town-owned roads, then removed them because they were abused. Subsequent deposit sites were equally messy, if not worse, according to both residents and officials. The new agreement will allow the conractor to travel over roads heretofore off-limits. The residents will still have to comply with the town's regulations regarding trash pickup; the service occurs on Mondays and rubbish must not be put out before 5 a.m. on Mondays or after 2 p.m. The police will continue to check for abuse and prosecute repeat offenders, Police Chief Scott MacMaster said. In other business, no news may be good news, according to Town Manager John Simko. The town expected to hear if its application for more than $440,000 in Municipal Investiment Trust Fund grant money was successful on June 17. The funds are targeted for the reconstruction of the Greenville Junction Wharf. When June 17 came and went, the manager made inquiries and learned the state has pushed back making a decision until June 27. Even though the town still will not have heard about the grant, the board scheduled a special selectmen's meeting for 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24 to meet with A.E. Hodsdon to discuss particulars for the project. The engineers are expected to present plans for executing the full project, at a total of more than $900,000, as all the work needs to be done, Simko explained. However, if the town does not have the full balance to work with, there will be “modules” that can be pulled out, he said. The board welcome two new members, Eugene Murray, elected to a three-year term, and Mike Theriault, elected to a two-year term. Bruce Hanson was also returned to a three-year term following the June elections. Bonnie DuBien was re-elected to the position of board chair and Burt Whitman was voted vice-chair. |