Board Changes Stance on Town Clock Location
Voters will decide in March whether the old town clock will find a new home in a memorial outside Centre School.
The Hampton School Board will propose a warrant article for the 2013 town meeting requesting voters allow the erection of a clock tower featuring the old town clock in front of Centre School, according to the Hampton Union. The school board was hesitant about the location of the project earlier this summer due to maintenance responsibility and other reasons, although the Hampton Union reported that board members stated during their meeting last week that those issues have been "cleared up" and now unanimously support the warrant article. The project is proposed as a way to commemorate Hampton's 375th anniversary and is estimated to cost around $60,000 to $70,000 — $30,000 of which is covered through a fund created earlier in the process. …
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