The voters in Hardwick on Saturday decided they don’t want a racetrack. According to the town’s unofficial tally from Saturday’s special election, 830 people voted against the special permit for the race track, outnumbering the 312 yes votes in favor of the track.
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What to do with Great Meadowbrook Farm? That’s the question facing Hardwick residents as they head to the polls at Hardwick Elementary School on Saturday for a referendum vote on whether the former farm should be redeveloped into a horse breeding, retirement facility, and a racetrack, or if the land part of the state’s Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR) Program will go back to the owners who are trying to sell it.
Polls will open at noon and close at 7 p.m. on Saturday.