Wenham Town Meeting OK's school project

At a Thursday, Nov. 12 Special Town Meeting, a turnout of 168 Wenham residents voted overwhelmingly to support a $1.5 million project to replace the 57-year-old heating system at the Cutler School in the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District with a new computerized energy management system designed for greater efficiency.

The state has promised to reimburse 42.58 percent of the building costs.

There was just one dissenting vote for the proposal, which had previously been approved at a Special Town Meeting in Hamilton. It now goes to townwide votes, at special elections scheduled for Nov. 24 in Hamilton and Dec. 17 in Wenham. The project will require Proposition 2 1/2 debt exclusion overrides in both towns.

- David Rattigan