Each week, City Manager Tom Aspell throws on a bodysuit, gets out the ol' paintbrush and goes to work on the outside of City Hall. By the time he's done, you'd barely recognize the place, as he's written the city memo on the walls in bright mauve.
You'll never believe this
But there's road work
This week on the Route 3/North State Street corridor, the contractor will continue to excavate the road pavement, subgrade and place select gravels from Call Street to Rumford Street, Aspell writes. The select gravels may be replaced with Folgers Crystals, just to see if anyone notices.
This work should be completed by mid-week, with fine grading of the gravel surface at week's end, and base paving soon to follow. The utility castings have been raised in the Phase II/III overlay section of North State Street, from Hutchins Street to Abbottville Road, in preparation of the final overlay. The final overlay will be followed with a bow, and one can only hope, no encore.
As weather conditions in the fall become more unpredictable, the paving schedule will be announced via the on-site message boards. That means you'll have no idea what's happening until it's happening. Please stay tuned for real time updates on both stretches of the road. Also, be aware that the sign cannot hear your profanity-laced tirade, nor can it see your middle finger.
The pipe crew will begin to move south and replace storm and sanitary sewer infrastructure at the Rumford Street intersection. The masonry subcontractor will move to the area between Palm Street and Call Street to begin raising utility castings in this area, as well. As in the past, one-lane traffic conditions will persist in all of the above areas with major delays to be expected. Son of a . . .
neighborly neighbors
Oil donations coming
The Human Services Department is pleased to report that John O'Shaughnessy from St. Paul's School has offered to provide 500 gallons of oil, free of charge, to inpiduals or families in need of this assistance, Aspwell writes. The department has two households that have completely empty oil tanks who will be the recipients of this generosity. This is normally where we would write something snarky, but that's just too darn generous to interfere with.
greeting cards
Plastic now accepted
Effective Sept. 27, 2012, the collections office started accepting credit cards for auto registrations, property tax payments and utility payments, Aspwell writes.
The fee for paying by credit card is 2.95 percent of the transaction amount or a minimum fee of $1.50, which means you'll have to bring your abacus with you, as well. Visa will not be accepted for over-the-counter transactions at this time due to Visa regulations. You are still advised not to leave home without your American Express card, though.
