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The Dublin Gas Engine Meet is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with three days of vintage cars, tractors and gas and steam engines Sept. 9 to 11.Since its inception, the annual meet has become New England’s largest gas engine show, and this. ....
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 5/2/2021 9:30:51 AM Dublin will continue its Town Meeting tradition next year, after voters resoundingly voted to keep the town’s current format, rather than switch to ballot voting. In a drive-in Town Meeting at Cricket Hill Farm on Saturday, voters said “no” in a 118-20 vote on an article which would have implemented the voting system known as “SB2,” which allows voters to debate and amend articles at a deliberative session, and then vote on all issues at a later date at the polls. John Morris, who submitted the petition article, said ballot voting allows more people to be involved in the process of town government. ....
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 4/14/2021 4:23:49 PM There’s no question the Dublin Transfer Station’s storage trailers need to be replaced. The question before voters is, what to replace them with? Transfer station superintendent Tom Kennedy is rooting for a new building, rather than more trailers. The transfer station’s current trailers are 20 years old on average, he said. Two are condemned, another was never suited for storage, and another is being braced to prevent it from collapsing. Trailers present a number of safety issues for transfer station staff, Kennedy said. “The roofs leak, the floors rot, the forklift keeps falling through,” he said, “and then they sink into the mud.” Furthermore, it’s easy for trailer roofs to sag and collapse under ice and snow, so trailers need to either be shoveled or reinforced, Kennedy said. “I just don’t think they’re worth it,” he said. ....
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 2/17/2021 5:15:59 PM Dublin finalized its budget and warrant on Feb. 9, including scheduling an outdoor, drive-in Town Meeting for May 1. Voters will decide on repairing or upgrading transfer station structures, adopting Rotary Park, and buying new plaques commemorating Vietnam and Korean War vets. The budget is set for $2,083,412, which constitutes a 3.1 percent decrease from last year’s $2,150,373, the amount that was finalized after warrant articles were edited during Town Meeting. “It’s as solid a plan as we have now,” moderator Tim Clark said of using Cricket Hill Farm, also known as the Antique Engine Field, at 1716 Main Street in Dublin as the Town Meeting location, with the ConVal High School parking lot as a backup location. ....