We would first like to report on the status of the new library building. The
construction bids that were received were all rejected. The reason being that
the lowest bid was some twenty-three thousand dollars in excess of what had
been raised to do the project. In December, at a Special Town Meeting a grant
of fifty-thousand dollars was accepted. Since then the process of rebidding the
project has begun. Bids will be opened by the end of February, and if there is
a successful bidder chosen, the ground work for the library will begin during
the April school vacation. A new fuel tank for the school and library heating
systems has already been installed as part of this project.
While we are on the subject of the library, the Selectmen would like to express a very special thank-you to Mrs. Laura Pulsifer, who has retired as librarian for the town, an office she has held for over fifty years. Also, special
thanks to Alice Stickney, Pauline Spitzner, and Eunice Tracy who are retiring
after many years of service to the town as Library Trustees.
We would also like to thank the Fiddlehead Garden Club for providing the
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