Williamstown Passes Articles at Special Town Meeting
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Two warrants were unanimously approved Tuesday night at as special town meeting.
Forty-four voters (from a checklist of 4,815) turned out at Town Hall to approve lifting two deed restrictions on properties formerly owned by the town but currently held by private entities.
The first warrant article dealt with the former home of the Williamstown Youth Center, which was a school building before it was conveyed to the former Williamstown Boys Club in 1966. A deed restriction placed on the 1966 transaction required that the building only be used as a boys club.
The WYC, which moved into its new building on the grounds of the elementary school last year, has a buyer in place for the Cole Avenue facility.
The second warrant article concerned the land purchased by Purple Moon LLC, better known as Countryside Landscaping, in 2003. The property on Simonds Road was sold to Countryside on the condition that it develop the property as a nursery, which it has done. Purple Moon asked the town to lift the restriction in light of its compliance with the terms of the sale.
Town Clerk Mary Courtney Kennedy said both articles passed in a matter of seconds with no debate.
Adam Filson was elected to serve as moderator for the meeting for the first warrant article because Moderator Mark Gold had a conflict. Gold served as moderator for the second article.
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