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TOWN of STOW Town of Stow Massachusetts TOWN OF STOW OF TOWN Town of Stow Massachusetts , MASSACHUSETTS 2018 ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL 2018 MASSACHUSETTS , 2018 Annual Report Stow Town Forest: 1968-2018 daily, Dick Corzine wrote impassioned letters to federal agencies imploring them to approve Stow’s funding, The Birth of Stow’s Conservation Movement as well as to federal legislators asking for their intervention. Among other things, he noted that if the town was not successful in securing this parcel “it will likely doom future land conservation efforts.” What was Stow like 50 years ago? In the mid-1960s, Lyndon Johnson was President, and the Beatles were A setback nearly occurred in 1967 when the taking America by storm. Route 495, known at the time as “the “Outer Circumferential Highway,” was Federal government waffled on its funding, under construction, and the section through Bolton had just opened. The Mass Pike was finally being expressing concern that Fletcher Woods might extended from Route 128 into downtown Boston. lie in the path of one of the possible routes for a connector highway between the new Route 495 Stow’s population was 3,100 and growing, nearly doubling from 1950. The median family income was less and Route 2. The Town rallied, a meeting was than $7,000 and the average per pupil education cost was $685. A new fire station was being built at the held, and the issue quickly cleared up. corner of Hartley Road, and the Hale Jr. High School was also under construction. There was no Harvard Acres, no Town Building, and no “protected open space” as we know them today. However, the federal Finally, in April 1968, good news came -- not by Wilderness Act had just been signed, considered one of America’s greatest conservation achievements, and email or phone, but by telegram, informing the the importance of open space protection was coming to the forefront – with Stow helping lead the way town that $77,500 in federal funds had been regionally. approved! The town was able to complete the purchase of the property in August of that year. During this time Stow had just Gardner Hill Conservation Area (as it was completed a Natural Resource originally called) or Stow Town Forest, was finally Inventory and was embarking on its Good news comes by Telegram in 1968 secure. first Master Plan. The Inventory, the first of its kind in Massachusetts, Today, Town Forest is one of Stow’s largest and most well-used conservation areas. It has been expanded a was hailed by conservationists number of times and is now 367 acres. Over time, uses of the property have changed. Logging roads wide across the region, winning a enough for driving have evolved into hiking and mountain biking trails. Snowmobiling has been replaced by statewide award. It also provided skiing and snowshoeing. And a once popular swimming hole has gone (literally) to the dogs! inspiration for a Town initiative with great foresight, to protect Stow lies in one of the most populated regions in the country, yet despite increasing development “one of the most promising pressures, has managed to maintain a small town flavor lost in most surrounding communities along the multiple use open space areas in Route 495 corridor. The protection of Stow Town Forest by determined residents in the 1960s, and Stow,” a large tract of land along preservation of additional lands over the past 50 years, has played a major role in making the town what it Elizabeth Brook and the Assabet is today. The Conservation Commission is grateful to those who preceded us, who had the foresight and River that was owned by First known map of Fletcher Woods Acquisition Area of Interest determination to set aside this important land from development, to sustain our natural resources and the the Estate of C.D. Fletcher. quality of life and health of our community. We look forward to what Stow can achieve in the next 50 years. A dedicated group of residents, led by Conservation Commission Chairman Dick Corzine, and other members of the Conservation Commission at the time, took the helm to protect this land, known as Fletcher Woods, for the benefit of Stow’s residents. In 1966, the Town negotiated an option from the heirs of C.D. Fletcher to buy 326 acres for $150,000 or $500/acre! This option allowed the landowners to conduct gravel mining on the land during the option period. Then, in 1967, Town Meeting voted 107-35 to approve funding to buy the property, contingent on the receipt of federal or Members of the Conservation Commission and others conduct a site visit to Stow Town Forest – Annual New Year’s Day Hike 2018 Fletcher Woods to consider the acquisition. Among those pictured are: Alvin state grants. These funds took a long Fletcher, Bernard Fletcher, Douglas Trefry, John Paakki, Bill Shick, Ray time to secure, however, and almost Holland, Arthur Trefry, Robert Connington, Arthur Whelden, and Aubyn Freed. Town of Stow Massachusetts for the year ending December 31, 2018 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS In Memoriam 5 Treasurer’s Report 88 Tax Collector’s Report 89 Federal and State Officers 7 Combined Balance Sheet 90 Changes in Fund Equity 93 Town Officers, Elected 7 Trust Fund Financial Report 94 Randall Relief Fund 98 Town Officers, Appointed 8 Hale High School Trust Fund 99 Administration Education Board of Selectmen 14 Nashoba Regional School District 100 Town Administrator 16 Nashoba Regional High School 107 Planning Board 19 Class of 2018 Conservation Commission 25 Minuteman Regional Vocational 110 Board of Health 30 Technical School District Zoning Board of Appeals 37 Minuteman High School 2018 Stow 112 Graduates Town Services Agricultural Commission 39 Public Safety Building Department 40 Police Department 113 Building Permits Issued 42 Police Department Statistics 117 Total Permits Issued 43 Fire / Rescue Department 118 Cable License Advisory Committee 44 Fire / Rescue Department Statistics 121 Cemetery Committee 45 Forest Warden 123 Community Preservation Committee 46 Emergency Planning and 124 Community Preservation Project 47 Management Status Report Community Services Coordinator 49 Special Committees Council on Aging 50 Stow Municipal Affordable Housing 126 Cultural Council 54 Trust Economic Development & Industrial 56 Commission Our Heritage Highway Department 57 Ancient Documents Committee 127 Housing Authority 58 Historical Commission 128 Information Technology Dept 58 Lake Boon Commission 59 Town Clerk 129 Open Space Committee 60 Randall Library 62 Town Meetings Randall Library Trust Fund 66 Annual Town Meeting, May 7, 2018 130 Recreation Commission 67 Annual Town Election, May 15, 2018 153 SpringFest Organizing Committee 68 State Primary, Sept. 4, 2018 154 Stow TV / LACAC 70 Democratic Primary Recount, Sept. 158 Veterans Graves Committee 73 15, 2018 Veterans Services 76 Special Town Meeting, Oct. 1, 2018 159 Special Town Election, Nov. 6, 2018 179 Financial Reports State Election, Nov. 6, 2018 183 Finance Committee 77 Capital Planning Committee 85 Town of Stow Data 186 Board of Assessors 86 FY 2018 Tax Rate Recapitulation 87 Town Department Telephones 187 3 4 IN MEMORIAM AUDREY J. COLE 1931-2018 Council on Aging 1976-1989 Stow Housing Committee 1979-1982 Founding Member of Stow Community Housing Corp. (Plantation Apartments) - - - - - - - - - - - - RICHARD CONNELLY, SR. 1947 – 2018 Assessor 2015 - 2018 Community Preservation Committee 2017 - 2018 Finance Committee 2010 - 2012 Fire Fighter/EMT on call 2010 - 2014 Retired Captain, Boston Fire Department - - - - - - - - - - - - JANET T. DERBY 1930- 2018 Election Worker - - - - - - - - - - - - ROBERT F. DERBY 1928 – 2018 Trustee, Hale High School Fund 1990- 2018 Board of Health 1962 -1964 Nashoba Regional School District Committee 1968-1974 5 ARTHUR S. HILL 1924 – 2018 Selectman 1964-1973 Business & Industrial Growth Committee 1961-1967 Bylaw Revision Committee 1973-1976 Capital Program Committee 1983-1984 Finance Committee 1975-1981 Fire Engineers 1967-1968 Police Officer/Special 1964-1972 Refuse Disposal Committee 1977-1979 Town Nurse Committee 1964 - - - - - - - - - - - JOHN E. “JACK” SMITH 1927 – 2018 Assessor – 1993-2018 Community Preservation Committee 2001-2004 - - - - - - - - - - - - DOUGLAS V. TREFRY 1928 – 2018 Fire Chief 1973 – 1993 Fire Engineer 1967 -1994 Fire Department 1942 - 1993 Forest Fire Warden 1973 - 1993 Tree Warden 1955 - 1981 Insect Pest Control 1955 – 1979 Conservation Commission 1961 – 1981 Municipal Garage Building Comm. 1972 – 1974 Ground Water Study Comm. 1985 - 1986 Special Police Officer 1952 - 1986 6 FEDERAL & STATE OFFICIALS United States Senators United States Representative, Elizabeth Warren Fifth District 2400 JFK Federal Building Niki Tsongas 15 New Sudbury Street 11 Kearney Square, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02203 Lowell, MA 01852 (617)-565-3170 Governor of the Commonwealth 317 Hart Senate Office Building Charles D. Baker, Jr. Washington, D.C. 20510 Office of the Governor (202)-224-4543 State House Room 360 Boston, MA 02133 Edward Markey 10 Causeway Street, Suite 559 Senator – Middlesex & Worcester Boston, MA 02222 James Eldridge (617)-565-8519 State House, Room 213A Boston, MA 02133 218 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Representative -- Third Middlesex (202)-224-2742 District Kate Hogan State House, Room 166 Boston, MA 02133 ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS Listed alphabetically Board of Assessors Nashoba Regional School District Dominick Pugliese (2019), Chair Committee Gary Yu (2019 election) Lynn Colletti (2019) VACANCY (2020) Stephen Rubinstein (2020) Elaine Sanfilippo (2021) Field Drivers Selectmen Planning Board Lori Clark (2019), Chair Board of Health John Colonna-Romano (2023) Merrily Evdokimoff (2020) Margaret Costello (2020) Mary McDowell (2019) Leonard H. Golder (2021) Marcia B. Rising (2021), Chair Karen Kelleher (2022) Moderator Randall Library Trustees David Walrath (2019) Maureen Busch (2021) Laura Spear, Deputy Kathleen O’Brien (2019) Moderator Timothy H. Reed (2020), Chair 7 Laura Reiner (2019) Thomas E. Ryan III (2021) Marianne Sharin (2019) James H. Salvie (2019), Chair Carol Stoltz (2021) Barbara K. Wolfenden (2020) Stow Housing Authority W. Robert Dilling, Chair Board of Selectmen John J.
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