Longmeadow Morning Brief, Oct. 23: Task force finalizes Community House reuse study

From Longmeadow News

• Tree Committee advances protection bylaw to Select Board The Tree Committee scheduled the Tree Warden to present a draft Tree Protection Bylaw to the Select Board for possible Town Meeting consideration, as members also weighed a resident's request to remove a tree within a driveway footprint on Williams Street.Longmeadow News
• Conservation Commission closes Shaker Road pond hearing The Conservation Commission closed its continued hearing on an irrigation-pond project at 400 Shaker Road, sending the case toward an Order of Conditions as the panel also took up a conservation land acquisition request.Longmeadow News
• Task force finalizes Community House reuse recommendation The Future Building Use Task Force, chaired by Paul Dunkerley, finalized a recommendation for a feasibility study of the Community House and municipal complex on Williams Street, as a public survey on reuse options heads toward an October 9 close.Longmeadow News
• Town awarded record $5 million MassWorks grant Town Manager Lyn Simmons told the Select Board the state's $5 million MassWorks award, the largest in town history, will fund infrastructure for commercial development on Redford, Bliss and Williams Streets, as trustees also weighed a scaled-back Storrs Library renovation plan.Longmeadow News

Happening Sat, Oct 24

• 9:00 a.m.: Friends of library hold two-day book sale this weekend The Friends of Storrs Library host their annual book sale at Community House, Saturday, October 24 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, October 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Storrs Library
• 10:00 a.m.: SABR fall meeting brings two baseball historians to library The Society for American Baseball Research holds a free fall meeting with John Dowd and Andy Billman on Saturday, October 24 from 10 a.m. to noon in the library's Betty Ann Low Meeting Room.Storrs Library

Coming up

• Mon, Oct 26, 3:30 p.m.: Longmeadow girls soccer hosts Westfield Monday Longmeadow's girls varsity soccer team hosts Westfield in a conference match Monday, October 26 at 3:30 p.m., according to MaxPreps.MaxPreps
• Wed, Oct 28: Isabel Margolin art exhibit closes Wednesday at library The library's October art exhibit by Isabel Margolin, which explores her decision to spend savings on an art class instead of roof repairs, closes Wednesday, October 28.Storrs Library

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