Volume 29, Number 47
Friday, November 24, 2023
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BOS heading to the market with Main St. parcel
A SNEAK PEAK
By Michael Savino Special to The Times
George Eames said during the board’s Oct. 24 meeting.
The Durham Board of Selectmen held off on selling a parcel on Main Street during a recent meeting, opting instead to put the house on the market and seek offers.
The decision came after the board received mixed views during a public hearing on what the town should do with the property.
Selectmen said they were not satisfied with the offers received through sealed bids, and are instead putting the half-acre lot and house at 37 Main St. on the market for $135,000. “We do not want to have a firesale and we do not want to have only two bidders on any parcel,” First Selectmen
Eames said the town is hoping to sell the property, which is adjacent to the fire department, because it has no use for the site. He noted three committees have come up with plans to use the land for a fire station expansion since the town acquired the property in 1995, but none of those proposals See Parcel, A7
Forum set to discuss grade reconfiguration By Michael Savino Special to The Times
Photos courtesy of Durham Recreation, Facebook
On Nov. 3, a group of eighth grade volunteers had a chance to get an early glimpse of the newly-renovated Durham Community Center, enjoying some games such as air hockey, checker, ping pong, and more. Then-First Selectman George Eames and Board of Finance Chairman Jim Martinelli were there to greet (and challenge) them for some fun competition. The following day an Open House was held for the public.
Regional School District 13 administrators are seeking feedback from teachers as they plan how to reconfigure grades next year.
The survey comes two months after the board voted to reconfigure grade levels next school year.
Brewster Elementary School will house preschool through first grade next September, secSuperintendent of Schools ond- and third-graders will Dough Schuch told the go to John Lyman ElemenBoard of Education during tary School, and fourtha Nov. 8 meeting that he and fifth-graders will atand other administrators tend Middlefield Memorihad prepared a survey to al. The board is also conask teachers if they want to sidering options for a longchange assignments next term plan, including variyear. ous levels of renovations to the existing schools. Schuch said the teachers know the assignments Prior to the Nov. 8 meetaren’t guaranteed, but ad- ing, the board held a workministrators will try to put shop to look at some of the staff where they’d prefer to be. See Grades, A2