Supplies $3 - S Increase a Few Weeks Ago Wilmington's to M££.£ Town Manager Predicted a S3 In- Crease in the Tax Rate for the Com Ing 1976-77 Year
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WllL)in;,ton Public Library Wllnln^ton, Ma 01607 .' Copy #2 GJ avm&tilr in Silmtriqiau, JitB60. 20TH YEAR - NO. 8 658 2346 19, 1976 TWENTY CENTS Another threat to Home Rale? New state zoning law worries Planning Board What could be another threat to the 808 is that there is an erosion of Wilmington at that time has suddenly became The Big Threat, property rights, for the individual. Better known by its acronym. The former dimensional concept of PUD. Planned Unite Development Wilmington Planning Board. zoning is said to have been is a concept in which houses, or Chapter 808 of the Acts of 1975 eradicated. homes and other buildings, can be Dukakis on December 22,1975. It is a The former Board of Appeals is built as a unit, with perhaps the totally different set of provisions for being replaced, the story goes, by fields and open spaces in back, to There was an emergency preamble a Board of Review, appointed by be enjoyed by all. It has been tried the Planning Board. If this is true, by some Massachusetts com- emergency preamble means that it i the Board of Review it can be munities. without having to go through a ninety day argued, would not be independent In Wilmington the subject never of Planning Board control, which got off the Town Meeting floor. The members of the Planning is the basis of the present Board of The voters just were not in- Board and the Building Inspector Appeals. terested. listened to a discussion of Chapter But if there is any change in zon- 808 by Roger Worth. Tuesday even- Planning Board ahum ing, as a result of the coming Town ing. Mr. Worth in the Planning What the Planning Board Meeting, those changes probably Intern for the board, and had members seemed to fear. Tuesday will mean that Chapter 808 im- attended a discussion the previous night, was a complete new set of mediately becomes the law of the Saturday, in Framingham, about planning regulations in town, and the PUD concept, the new law. Wilmington which would do away among others, also becomes die Chairman Bill Hooper had more with the present regulations. The law of die town. information about the law. He had net result, the members felt. The Planning Board is searching been talking with the Town would be chaos for means to prevent any zoning Counsel. A couple of years ago. one changes, in the coming March As it was interpreted Tuesday, member remembered. Planned town meeting the new law takes effect in June Unit Development was proposed. It feels that Chapter 808 should 1978. all over Massachusetts, un- in Town Meeting, in Wilmington be studied before it becomes the less any community has a change The proposal was made on law of Wilmington. in its present zoning by-law before recommendation of Prof. Elliot, then. If there is such a change. who was a consultant to Tax rate up $3 - 5 prediction Installation Sunday of the Rev. Everett Reed Fincom says town dump Street is most serious problem belike The annual letter to the voters of about the co-operation of the 5 ■ l"CeT . Wilmington, now being composed school department, and of other by members of the Finance Com- department heads, in their efforts mittee, will tell the voters that the to keep down costs. most serious problem which will FinCora, members have said the be discussed in the coming Town school department, which Meeting will be that of the Town represents the major cost of the Dump. town has been responsible for The Finance Committee will "high level management." urge the voters to consider the problem very seriously. It hopes Saawsheea Tech that the voters will support The attitude of the Wilmington whatever action is deemed Finance Committee, while necessary and beneficial to the favorable to the Wilmington town as a whole. The most Schools, seems to be contrary to rational method, members of the Shawsheen Tech this year. The Finance Committee say. will be to members say that Shawsheen consider the use of town owned Tech High School - located in land, property previously acquired Billenca and supported by five by the town. The town, they will say should use that property owned towns of which Wilmington is one - by the town and found to be "most has not been responsive to the suitable." financial plights of the five towns It does not seem that the which support it. Finance Committee will recom- The voters of Wilmington will be mend any one site over another, asked to reduce the Wilmington Office other than to say that it must have appropriation by $85,000. for been previously owned by the Shawsheen Tech. town. Supplies $3 - S increase A few weeks ago Wilmington's to m££.£ Town Manager predicted a S3 in- crease in the tax rate for the com ing 1976-77 year. uoux Wilmington's Finance Com- mittee is going to predict a S3 to $5 tax increase, and will blame infla , e.(j£.iuda•yaay tion and the impact of collective POP ROCK bargaining by town employees for that increase. CONCERT m£.A The present rate is 164 per thou- sand valuation. If the Finance W.H.S. Jazz Committee predictions and WILMINGTON PRESS recommendations are followed the Ensemble Printers & Stationers rate for 197S-77 will presumably be between $67 and $69 WJU. AiJliil— 211 Lowell Street Friday, Feb. 27 Wilmington, Massachusetts Sefestl department 658-8961 This year the members of the • PJH. • •!•• Finance Committee are happv r* .■Ml 2 TOWN CRIER, FEBRUARY 19, 1976 Mrs. Barker Regional Health Center was navy nurse Mrs. Delia Small was shoe worker in Wilmington Mrs. Helen E. (Aspacher) Mrs Delia M c Km ived by several Barker. 52. wife of Gerald B. of 4«0 North St. whom is Blanche Relatives, friends and loved ones In loving memory of Rita Barker of 2S7 River Road, widow of Eugene C. she resided; and honored by contributions in their Handlev (Tewksbury). late Direc- Tewksbury, died February 5 at a Tuesday. February (Elsie) Trull. memory to the Regional Health tor ,of RHCW. from the officers Lowell hospital. She was a U.S. home. of Trails Mill Hill Center in Wilmington this week in- and' directors of the Regional Navy veteran of World War II. and Born in Concord. NIL. clude: Health Center in Wilmington served as a yeoman E/C with the IW. skew i at the Farmer and Judy Klimarchuk Tenney, WAVES. late Frank and the Dee Home. 16 Lee St.. lovingly remembered and sadly Joseph Pongonis Born in Dunbridge. Ohio, Jan. (Bea) King, aad to he Thursday. 7 to 9 p.m. missed by her Klimarchuk Fami- was carpenter 28. 1924. she was the daughter of Tewksbury for the past a at the Dillingham Funeral ly John G and the late Ruth- E., after moving from ham. Maine Friday. Joseph Pongonis. 59. of 1201 February ah. from 7 to 9 p.m. In memory of Joseph F. Murray, Main St.. Tewksbury. died (Kurfess) Aspacher. and resided She was a father of Maureen Nelson in Tewksbury for the past 30 years. retired in Hat. She was a Funeral services were slated at February 12. the Ihlttoghim Funeral Home iIpswich), from Mr. and Mrs. Born in Kinkston, Pa., he was A member of the First Baptist of the First Methods* Chart* of Joseph E. McCabe (North Church of Tewksbury, she was a Auburn, and also attended Saturday at 1 p.m. Interment was the son of the late George and the to be m Mt Auburn Cemetery in Reading) late Agatha (Dauksis) secretary for several firms in the Tewksbury Congregational In memory of Everett (Stragouski) Pogonis, but resided Lowell area until she retired in Church, where she aas a McCluskey (Tewksbury) from Joe, in Tewksbury for the past 35 years. 1961 because of poor health. of the Ladtes Aid Society. Rita Handley, Rosetta and Patrick Castaldo Until he retired due to illness he Besides her husband and father, membership in lac T< (Maine). was a carpenter and member of she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Gotden Ace CanV administrator In memory of Olga Soule from Local 275 of the Carpenters Union Pamela Theriault of Lowell; three than ante E. Handtey of 1345 An- Rita and Angelo Palino. of Newton. He was treasurer of brothers. John E. Aspacher of Helen Mastranqelo eever Read died Monday. In memory of Mrs. George Soule the D.L.V.K. Club of Lowell for Bowling Green, Ohio, Glen 9. at a Boston hospital. from Bella and Adrienne \ pa cher of Find lay. Ohio, and was secretary x hi in ill iln i assistant many years. Mrs Helen P Mastraagefa wwe McNkoU. He is survived by three brothers, James Aspacher of Walbridge, of medical staff of the In memory of John Velozo. from Ohio: two sisters. Martha Sheffer of Joseph Maitiangtai of US V A hnuanal aad a member of the Anthony of Marshfield. and Albert South St., Tewksbury died Mr. and Mrs. John Donato. and Julius of Tewksbury; and a of Bowling Green. Ohio, and hoard af directors of the In memory of Angelo Vigorito sister. Mrs. Stephen (Anna) Charlotte Fisher of Strongsville, February 15 at a Regional Health from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Papleacos of Tewksbury. Ohio: and two grandchildren. Born in East DePiano. A funeral mass was held for him Funeral services were held at daughter of the late of St. Robert In memory of Angelo Vigorito February 14 at St. William's the First Baptist Church February the late Bridget • Itaob-s" The League from Mr.