Wicked Local
Church bells began to ring just as the last shovelful of dirt was tossed into the field – a benediction of sorts for what will soon become Maynard’s new fire station.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held April 9 at the 33 Sudbury St. lot to celebrate the culmination of a multi-year process, begun in 2007, to replace the old Summer Street fire station, which opened in 1955.
Under clear blue skies, town and state officials and interested residents gathered in the Mill & Main Sudbury Street parking lot, watching as people took their turn donning hard hats and tossing dirt into the air.
New charging stations
DeMarco is hoping to secure a grant to install three, dual-port electrical vehicle charging stations.
The Department of Energy Resources has opened up more grant opportunities for electrical vehicle charging stations, DeMarco told the board. If the grant is approved, the charging stations would be installed in the parking lots at Town Hall, the Maynard Public Library and the Maynard Golf Course.
Commonwealth Electric Technologies provided a proposal to install the charging stations, at a cost of $28,084 apiece. If the town gets the grants, Eversource would pay $17,818 toward the cost of each station.
The town would have to pay for the warranty and the cloud service, with an initial cost of $36,063 for the three charging stations.