Petition signatures are being certified by the Board of Registrars. The BPW has been in operation 13 months as an elected panel. Prior to that, selectmen served as public works commissioners. Selectmen also are trying to enlist residents to serve on a nine-member Power Committee. Commonwealth Electric Co. During the last two months, however, the call for residents to serve on the board has attracted only four volunteers.
Selectmen say four more are needed.
One selectman also will serve on the panel. When selectmen finally begin their summer meeting schedule on June 10, they will deal with the sinking of a well and the eventual water quality testing beneath the proposed municipal golf course at the north end of town. The course might serve as the location of a long-proposed municipal well site. Either way, local farmers and cranberry bog operators fear adverse effects on their harvests. Selectmen also are waiting for the federal government to complete its review of the 60 Middle Road purchase.