Land Deal Sours Board
Selectmen push back on 60-acre land deal on Hill Street.
Selectmen say the state slipped them a fast one by selling 60 acres of state-owned property within Norton's boundaries off Hill Street at an auction this past summer. The issue has been simmering for months, after board members and Town Manager Michael Yunits learned the parcel, originally said to be assessed at more than $6 million and therefore beyond the town's reach, was sold for $175,000 at a general auction. Board members say they had no knowledge the value had dropped so precipitously, and say had they been aware, the town could have bought the land for development as part of its own industrial park. Adding insult to injury, the state "sold" an adjacent 200 acres in Taunton, the former Dever state school property, to that city for a…
Trot Nixon
12:02 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012
It seems to me the BOS are always behind the eight ball on town issues. They are never pro-active on getting ahead of anything, its always after the fact. How can property that big go for sale without their knowledge...inexcusable. more ›