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SLS_0512_P Pages 4, 05/12/11 01:01:44 LS SUBURBAN CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN 3COLOR 4 THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011 LOCAL NEWS THE SUN Piggery debate goes ‘stale’ PIGGERY/From Page 3 Krochmal Farms spokeswoman Jennifer Nagle said she attended because she “didn’t trust” Miceli to tell her if there would be a hearing. Meanwhile, David Powers of Tewksbury Odors also prepared for and attended the hearing, after he heard there might be an informal hearing on the matter. But in the end, “they dismissed the bill. I’m not surprised,” Powers said, adding that he hopes the bill will be heard on Beacon Hill in the future. HOUSING/From Page 3 cost of $5,000 per student is low, as it assumes that all students living in the development will be absorbed within existing staffing and facilities. “There are contractual obligations within the agreement (with teachers) regarding maximum classroom size that has not been factored in these estimates,” Holston said. “Each additional teacher added for increased enrollment would add an estimated $40,000 annually, plus benefits.” Holston used the average cost of $10,083 per student, meaning the break-even number of students is 36. 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School Committee member Chuck DeCoste wrote: “It is the opinion of the School Department that if the proposed project, as currently presented, is approved and proceeds as proposed, it will have a significant negative impact on the educational quality of the Littleton schools and the students of Littleton.” Fire Prevention Officer Keith Dunn said existing plans show inadequate firelane access and do not provide sufficient turning radius for emergency vehicles. MassDevelopment granted the town an extension from May 12 to May 25 for submitting its comments to the state. That gave selectmen the opportunity to listen to residents speak for 90 minutes Monday night, then schedule a special meeting for next Monday to discuss the town’s response. Omni Properties has said it plans for 40 units (20 percent) to be low-income restricted for occupancy by families earning no more than 50 percent of the area median income. The developer said it may also opt to allocate 50 units (25 percent) for tenants earning no more than 80 percent of the area median income. Omni said the project would boost the town’s affordable-housing stock from 8.1 percent of its inventory to 14.7 percent, easily surpassing the state requirement of 10 percent. Bergman said this week that MassDevelopment will schedule its required site visit after receiving the town’s comments. Its determination of project eligibility would then be made after the site visit and further review. If MassDevelopment deems the project eligible, Omni Properties would then require a comprehensive permit from the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals. SCHEDULE A COMPLIMENTARY PORTFOLIO REVIEW. 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Author Andre Dubus III, a UMass Lowell professor, read from his memoir Townie, about growing up in the 1970s in Haverhill, another mill town on the Merrimack River. He marveled at how Lowell has transformed from a depressed mill community by focusing on its creative possibilities. “I’m particularly proud to be a part of this town and teaching here and to see all that is beautiful and flowering here now,” he said. Nancye Tuttle’s email address is nancyedt@verizon.net. 1331960 1328160 AFFORDABLE ROOFS FOR LIFE. WE USE: Roofing Products 1332051 Quinn’s Construction GAF FACTORY-CERTIFIED MASTER ELITE ROOFING CONTRACTOR #CS39732 Call Tom Quinn NOW at 978-265-2390 for a free consultation & estimate ! QUINNSCONSTRUCTION.COM COOL BY THE NUMBERS Current annual budget: $160,000 Community partners: nearly 50 Buy Art. 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SLS_0512_P Pages 5, 05/12/11 01:01:45 LS SUBURBAN CYAN YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN 3COLOR THE SUN LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011 5 Devlin: Develop new sources of revenue By Hiroko Sato hsato@lowellsun.com DUNSTABLE — Daniel Devlin says the tax bills for his Depot Street home have increased by more than $800 during the past five years. With both state aid and local receipts dwindling, Devlin said he believes it’s time the town found an alternative revenue source. One idea is to try to bring businesses to the town’s industrial district located near Route 3, Devlin says. By serving as a selectman, Devlin hopes to move the community’s dialogue about the issue forward. A political newcomer, Devlin said he believes he has the energy needed to start new initiatives. “I have the ability to work with other people,” Devlin said. “You need to be open-minded and get a whole picture for the town to move forward.” Devlin is vying for a three-year seat on the Board of Selectmen against incumbent Ron Mikol, a Finance Committee member making a second run for the board after losing his bid last year to Kenneth Leva. Devlin, a former colleague of Leva, who used to work as assistant superintendent of the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office, said he wants to bring his “energy and drive” to the board to help solve problems through creative approaches. Devlin earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degree while working full time at the Sheriff's Office. He said he likes challenging himself, and said he believes the selectman position would allow him to do that while fulfilling his desire to serve his community. “I have always had a vested interest in helping people out,” said Devlin, who is a volunteer “neighborhood captain” for the town’s emergency communication network program. Devlin said he loves the rural character of Dunstable. “I’m all for community preservation, but am also for financial stability,” he said, PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT Name: Daniel Devlin Age: 39 Occupation: Captain in the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Education: Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from UMass Lowell; master’s degree in criminal justice from Western New England College Family: Married, two children adding that the entire Dunstable tax burden falls on homeowners in the form of property taxes, because the town has few commercial activities. Accordingly, he wants to increase the town’s revenue by better using the town’s industrial district, as well as developing a mixed-use district in the town’s center. His vision includes creating both retail space and housing for seniors. “It has always been rhetoric,” Devlin said of the idea to create senior housing. “We don’t do anything for senior citizens.” CAMPAIGN KICK OFF PARTY To Re-Elect DAVE CONWAY for Lowell School Committee Thursday, May 19, 2011 6:00PM - 8:00PM The Blue Shamrock 105 Market Street, Lowell, MA Donation $20.00 Dunstable selectman candidate profiles PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT 1331891 Mikol: Put financial experience to work By Hiroko Sato hsato@lowellsun.com DUNSTABLE — One morning in early 2009, Ronald Mikol picked up the phone to hear then-Town Accountant Roberta Dean break the news: “We started to slide.” What she meant, Mikol explained, was that town revenue was declining so much that the town could have wound up with a big deficit at the end of the fiscal year. Then chairman of the Finance Committee, Mikol would spend the next two weeks working out all sorts of financial scenarios with Dean to revise the budget. In the end, working with the police, fire and highway department heads paid off. Their efforts to cut spending allowed the town to get through the year, Mikol said. After serving on the Finance Committee for the past four years, Mikol wants to use his experience and knowledge to help guide the town as a selectman. The national economic crisis hit the town hardest during fiscal 2009 and 2010, he said, during which time he was serving as committee chair. Compounding the problem was the town’s increased share of a legal settlement owed over land taken through eminent domain years earlier to build Groton- Dunstable High School. Mikol said he worked closely with the district superintendent and Groton officials to get a financing package that saved Dunstable $300,000. Mikol, who is a volunteer Name: Ronald Mikol Age: 56 Occupation: Managing director at CB Richard Ellis Company Education: Declined to comment due to work security restrictions. Family: Married, threechildren firefighter and EMT for Dunstable, has also written applications for six grants for the Fire Department. The town has gotten three of them, he said, with another one pending. “Those sorts of things qualify me to put my name in consideration” for the selectmen race, Mikol said. “We live within our means,” Mikol said. He noted that small decreases in state aid and local receipts can do a lot of damage to a town with only a $3 million budget for all its departments combined, excluding schools. NOTICE TO ALL PARENTS AND STUDENTS: According to state regulation no. 630M23.06, your child’s temporary record which consists of all information not contained in the transcript, shall be destroyed no later than seven years from the date of the student’s withdrawal, transfer, or graduation. The records may include, but are not limited to, standardized test results, class rank, extra-curricular activities and teacher evaluations. This spring we will be destroying student records for those students who have graduated during the years 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2004 as well as for those students who have left Lowell High School either by withdrawal or transfer during the years 2002 and 2003. It is your right to obtain these records before they are destroyed. If you wish to have your records, please contact the Student Support Services Office at Lowell High School before Friday, May 27, 2011. The office can be reached by calling (978) 937-8926 or (978) 937-8911. Should you wish to obtain your records, we will hold them for you for a period of thirty (30) days after destruction date. If you will not be picking the records up yourself, you will need to provide your designee with a signed release to obtain your records. 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