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Change of heart Friday, February 8, 2013
Council rescinds decision to sell Wilkus Farm to developer By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
The Wilkus Farm house and barns are back in the hands of a farmer, granting residents’ wishes. The Town Council on Monday rescinded their January decision to sell the two-acre site to RDJ Developer Ron Drisdelle, who Volume 53, No. 6
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planned on exchanging his property on Goff Road where a four-lot subdivision was already approved, to the town for the Wilkus land. Citizens were upfront about their disapproval of that vote, reminding town officials that the original intent of buying the Wilkus property in 2009 was to prevent it from being developed. “After listening to the public we believe we came up with a solution that satisfies concerns,” said Councilor Stathis Manousos, who read the motion Monday, outlining a compromise made in executive Erica Schmitt | Staff session prior to the meeting. The Town Council this week rescinded its decision to sell the two-acre Wilkus Farm site to RDJ Developer Ron Drisdelle, The town will sell Wilkus to who planned on developing the property. Instead, the town will sell the land to Richard Nowak, a third-generation See COUNCIL, Page 5
Wethersfield farmer, who plans on remodeling the property’s house and barns, and will farm the land.
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