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Marlborough City Council rescinds vote on ARPA spending allocations Mayor halts capital projects, citing actions by council By Stuart Foster Reporter MARLBOROUGH – The Marlborough City Council voted last Monday to rescind a vote from late last year to accept the city’s package of ARPA money totaling close to $12 million. The initial approval had given Mayor Arthur Vigeant broad ability to spend the allocation. This new decision was then made following a request by Council Vice President Kathleen Robey and Councilor Samantha Perlman. It passed 7-2 with two councilors absent, taking back that earlier approval and triggering a new process to direct the funds. In a letter to the City Council written on Dec. 16, Vigeant wrote that the funds could only be used for four broad purposes. He said that it was his office’s intent to “to use the large majority of these funds for investment in water and sewer projects.” The federal Department of the Treasury later issued new guidelines, however, saying that the first $10 million of these funds could be used for “general government services.” Following that change, a list of proposed capitalprojectsfromVigeantincludedlessthan $3 million for the initially discussed category Spending | 6
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New historical mural depicts migration from Portugal to Hudson By Ed Karvoski Jr. Contributing Writer HUDSON – Hudson has a new mural in its downtown area. Discussions about murals began last year among board members of the Hudson Downtown Business Improvement District (BID). They decided on a mural topic, location and artist a few months later. A historical mural depicting Portuguese descendants’ migration to Hudson was then installed last Tuesday on the east wall of the Flax Building at the intersection of Manning and Main streets. “A couple of us had walked the district to determine the best spot for our first mural and maybe others afterward,” said District Administrator Richard Braga Jr. “In light of the artwork’s context, we felt it might appeal to the Flax Building owner, who is of Portuguese descent.”
A new mural on the side of the Flax Building at the intersection of Manning and Main Street in Hudson.
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