SCITUATE – Town Councilor Tim McCormick submitted a letter of resignation as council liaison to the Providence Water Supply Board after he made a major land purchase at 315 Trimtown Road that could lead to a potential conservation easement with the PWSB on the property.
McCormick and his wife, School Committee member Erika McCormick, said the easement would help offset the cost of the land purchase.
The purpose of resigning from the liaison position is to prevent future conflict with the PWSB, which may wish to purchase a conservation easement on the property, said McCormick.
In an April 13 letter to the council, McCormick said he was stepping down as the “primary point of contact for the Providence Water Supply Board,” stating as his reason the land purchase on Trimtown Road. He said “there is a possibility that we may enter into discussion” with PWSB, and he intends to recuse himself from future council discussions regarding the board.
12/30/2020
Scituate feels deep impact of pandemic
Ten-month-old Livia Laprade, of Scituate, saw her first Christmas tree while being carried by her sister Jillian, 8, and accompanied by her other sister Margo, 5. The Festival of Trees surrounded the Gazebo in North Scituate as part of Christmas in the Village on Friday, Dec. 4. (Breeze File photo by Charles Lawrence)
SCITUATE – The first move the town made to lessen the impact of the pandemic this year was to protect seniors, its most vulnerable population, by closing the senior center, ramping up meal delivery services and making frequent check-ins with the elderly community.
Scituate is in the lower tier for its COVID-19 test-positive rate, at 9 percent, with 443 residents testing positive of 5,171 residents tested. Those tested this year represent 49 percent of the population of 10,603.