Flag Lowering

The flags flying from Town Hall have been lowered for an in-determinant time. It seems that the deterioration of the wooden structure to which the flag mount was attached was beginning to crumble due to rot. While the Town has been focusing efforts on enhancing the street scape and on the condition of buildings owned privately in the Historic District, they have let their very own building deteriorate.

There has been at least one repair job on the columns and railings above the entrance to Town Hall since it was build a decade or so ago. Ironically, the Town has recently been contemplating the construction of yet another roofed entrance at the back side of Town Hall without given any consideration of the condition to the front. Rumors have it, that design work for this new construction is being done by the same architect who may also be providing design work for the Farmer’s Market.

Although, the rotting condition of the railings and columns are very visible, there is no visible line item in the Town’s budget to fix anything. In fact it was a member of the general public who pointed out the problem to the Town.