About Town with Mark Snyder
ABOUT TOWN: Municipal Land Auction Nets $60K; Stoughton’s LA Fitness Cuts Ribbon (And More…)
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TOWN NETS SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AT AUCTION: The Town of Stoughton put four parcels up for auction on March 14, and came away with $60,000. Two of the parcels—a 10 acre lot on Central Street, across from the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, and a 2.5 acre lot on Sumner Street not far from Cedar Hill Golf Course—got bids that were not the minimum that Town Treasurer Donna Erickson, Town Manager Francis T. Crimmins, Jr. , and Town Counsel Jena Munoz were looking for. That figure on each was $100,000. A bid of $50,000 was received for the 10 acre parcel, for example. Two of the parcels were auctioned, however. A 3.6 acre parcel of vacant land on Central Street near the Brockton line, sold for $55,000 this year to Alfred J. Peterson, whose family owns…
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4:20 pm on Sunday, March 25, 2012
Another 12-15 grand down the drain to hire a new town manager, why should the tax payers burden this expense because someone decides to quit? more ›