Before an audience of about two dozen seniors, town officials ensured residents at the Beech Street Center that Wednesday morning’s listening session wouldn’t be the last.
“We all view this as a first conversation, not the one and only,” said Council on Aging Chair Karen Donelan.
The listening session, which included Donelan, Town Administrator Patrice Garvin, and Select Board Chair Elizabeth Dionne, followed months of controversy surrounding the town’s plan to create a Community Services Department by merging the Recreation Department, the Council on Aging, and Veterans Affairs…