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- May 26, 2009 - Maynard fire station vote set for June 30
- "At a special meeting Friday, Selectmen voted to hold a town election on the $1 million fire station debt exclusion article, a vote which is necessary in order to validate the approval the article was given at Town Meeting last week...." ...more
- May 20, 2009 - Maynard approves fire station debt exclusion
- "At Town Meeting, Maynard voters approved the $1 million Fire Station Debt Exclusion article, an act which, according to Selectmen Chairman Robert Nadeau, will significantly increase its chances of receiving substantial federal government funding to build a new fire station..." ...more
- April 29, 2009 - Maynard police station formally opened
- "Last week, the long-used site at 197 Main St. took on its latest role, as more than 100 people gathered at to christen the town's new police station...." ...more
- January 28, 2009 - Tight quarters for fire department
- "In the fire station garage, expensive equipment is shoe-horned in, with trucks bumper-to-bumper and the ladder truck touching the back wall...." ...more
- January 23, 2009 - New station clearly an upgrade
- "Maynard police officers have long dreamed of a station where toasters and other kitchen appliances peacefully coexist; where officers had resources such as interview and conference rooms; where the booking area was more than a steel bar bolted to the dispatch desk...." ...more
- October 27, 2008 - Station on target
- "Construction on the new police station is right on schedule..." ...more
- September 3, 2008 - Selectmen oppose fire station article for Town Meeting
- "Selectmen Tuesday voted against a Town Meeting warrant article for funds for a new fire station, despite great support from the Public Safety Committee." ...more
- August 20, 2008 - Board hears fire station proposal for Rockland Ave.
- "The Public Safety Building Committee proposed building a new fire station on Rockland Avenue in a presentation given to selectmen on Tuesday night." ...more
- April 23, 2008 - A symbolic step forward
- "For most of Police Chief James Corcoran's almost 30 years on the force, the department has wanted to redo its headquarters at the public safety building, built in 1955." ...more (inlcuding video)
- February 21, 2008 - Fire station need called 'urgent'
- "MAYNARD Plugging in more than one appliance knocks out the electricity. The best way to regulate the temperature is to open or close the windows." ...more
- June 21, 2007 - Station ready for next step
- "Now that the voters have granted their overwhelming support for Question 1 at the special election, construction on the new police station can begin." ...more
- June 13, 2007 - Override landslide
- "The majority of voters who turned up for the special election on Tuesday voted yes Question 1, supporting an override of $4.82 million for the 2007 fiscal year." ...more
- June 7, 2007 - Officials optomistic about vote
- "I am pretty confident that voters will continue to support this," said Selectman Sally Bubier. "The key is to make sure people go to the polls." ...more
- May 22, 2007 - Override? OK
- Town Meeting voters supported the renovation of the old library and its reconstruction as a new police station... In a 332-16 vote, residents supported the multi-part article, ...more
- May 17, 2007 - Supporters line up for police project
- In his nearly three decades with the Maynard department, Police Chief Jim Corcoran has sat on four public safety building committees that talked about upgrading the department's facilities. This one, he says, will be his last. ...more
- May 10, 2007 - Bob Nadeau
- "The last five years of budgetary pressures, in the form of cuts in local aid as well as fixed cost increases, have limited Maynard's ability to proactively address our capital needs. Despite creative ways of funding,..." ...more
- April 26, 2007 - Maynard police outline cramped conditions
- The locker room on the second floor of the Maynard police station is a shabby place. The hardwood floor is worn a dense gray; the lockers look second-hand and the lights barely expel the shadows from the corners. ...more
- April 19, 2007 - Warrant set to go
- Selectmen combed through the warrant articles Tuesday night with last minute revisions. The 22 articles—ranging from requests for a newly renovated police station to school repairs and upgrades ...more
- April 19, 2007 - Town closes budget gap
- Selectmen believe they've solved a deficit created by differences between Gov. Deval Patrick's proposed budget and the House budget, released two weeks ago. ...more
- April 5, 2007 - State aid chopped by $176,000
- The recently released House and Senate budget resolution has cut Maynard's local aid for fiscal 2008 by about $176,000, compared to the budget Gov. Deval Patrick recommended in March ...more
- April 5, 2007 - Easing the override burden
- Money leftover from the debt exclusion override that funded construction of the Fowler School, as well as other funding sources, may be used to fix facilities deficiencies at the high school ...more
- April 1, 2007 - $340,000 set aside for Maynard High
- Maynard High School's accreditation woes may soon be eased without going to the ballot box, after town officials earmarked $340,000 ...more
- March 29, 2007 - Voters facing a single lump sum
- The voters at annual Town Meeting in May will vote on an estimated $5.08 million debt-exclusion override to fund the construction of a new police station and several school facility repairs. ...more