Pepperell Selectmen Eye $123,000 in State Grants Through Community Compact Signing

PEPPERELL — April 24, 2017 — Pepperell selectmen advance a $123,000 state grant package and hear housing complaints at routine April meeting. The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to reappoint Joseph J. Mazzola as Veterans Service Officer for a one-year term under MGL Chapter 115 — his ninth year in the role — and renewed four junk dealer licenses expiring May 2018. Town Administrator Mark briefed the board on a community compact signing tentatively set for 1 to 3 p.m. on May 4 at the Pepperell Public Library with Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito's office, which would unlock a $123,000 grant application covering a $45,000 town master plan and a $78,000 technology infrastructure upgrade. Attendance at a National Grid energy efficiency summit on April 13 is already yielding $7,700 in rebates against the town's pending $250,000 Green Communities grant application. Resident Phil raised secondhand accounts of deferred maintenance at Habitant Village elderly housing, including a broken shower head unaddressed for four years and rotting porch boards, prompting the board to direct the town administrator to investigate.