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DIGHTON This fall, over $118,000 worth of road upgrades will make the town far more accessible to townspeople with disabilities.
The town s Commission on Disability chair Jonathan Gale uses himself as an example of what these improvements mean to the community.
He uses a white cane to move around because he is blind. Because of the curb cuts, there will be sidewalk surfaces that tell me where the street is, he said. Without them, I ve had no way to know where to cross. With these changes, people seniors, parents with a baby carriage will no longer be worried about losing their balance on a walkway trying to cross it.
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A new senior center will be built in Newtonville for $2.5 million less than renovating the current building if the city follows recommendations put forth by the Newton Center for Active Living (NewCAL) Working Group.
Josh Morse, commissioner of public buildings, during a Zoom meeting this week, updated city councilors that many stakeholders – including the Design Review Committee, Council on Aging, Commission on Disability, community members, neighborhood businesses, current senior center patrons, and others – supported new construction over renovating the old, historic building at 345 Walnut St.
In a straw vote, the councilors present at the meeting also favored a new facility.
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