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Politics & Government

Field House in Serious Disrepair

The property is said to be plagued by rat holes and broken windows.


Several members of the Board of Selectmen, Town Administrator Thomas Younger and Public Works Director Gino Cresta are surveying the Field House to determine the extent of its decay and disrepair.

The Field House is on Humphrey Street at Phillips Park.

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The building includes locker rooms for home and visiting high school teams.

Selectman Glenn Kessler said at th eboard's last meeting that the field house is in "serious disrepair," noting that the building suffers from rat holes and broken windows.

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Private citizens have made some emergency repairs at their own expense, he said.

He said the town may someday have a beautiful new field or fields and a field house that is falling down.

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