Selectmen to Continue Look at Next Steps for Patton Estate

The Hamilton Board of Selectmen meet on Monday night.

The next steps for the Patton estate is on the agenda Monday night for the Hamilton Board of Selectmen. The town accepted the Asbury Street estate at Town Meeting last spring and a town committee continue to look at the best way to use the estate. On Monday night, the Board of Selectmen are planned to discussed the responsibilities and future direction of the committee. It is one of the items on the agenda for the board, which meets at Hamilton Town Hall at 7 p.m.

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Selectmen Slated to Vote on Town Manager Contract Monday

A look at what is on the plate for the Hamilton Board of Selectmen when it meets on Monday night at Hamilton Town hall.

The Hamilton Board of Selectmen have an agenda for Monday night's meeting that includes items that are expected to last only about a half hour. But several items are of top importance, including consideration of approval of a renewal of Town Manager Michael Lombardo’s contract. His three year contract is up in April and the board and Lombardo have been negotiating a renewal in executive session during recent meetings. The board is also slated to discuss a Payment-in-Lieu–of-Taxes program,  discuss discontinuing the “paper road” Gifford Road, and get an update and discuss issuing a Request for Proposal for the Patton Advisory Committee The board meets at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Room on the first floor of Hamilton Town Hall. There is also …

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Five Things to Know on Jan. 31: Superintendent to Deliver State of the School Address

An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.

Today is Thursday, Jan. 31. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Upside down: Thursday will be an “upside down” day weatherwise, with warm temperatures to start the day and then cooler temperatures later on. Temperatures in the 50s will drop into the 40s and eventually reach a low in the mid-20s overnight. Rain is also expected to move through on Thursday morning. 2. Patton Estate: The Patton Committee in Hamilton continues to meet, even after the gift of the Patton Estate has been formally accepted by the town. On Thursday, the committee will meet at 7 p.m. at Hamilton Town Hall to discuss many important issues regarding the property, including future uses of the property, furnishing the home and the future …

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Patton Named 'North Shore Distinguished Leader'

Joanne Patton has been named a North Shore Distinguished Leader, a honor announced Thursday for eight prominent North Shore residents.

Joanne Patton, who earlier this fall completed the donation of her family’s homestead to the town of Hamilton, is one of eight winners of this year’s North Shore Distinguished Leader Award. The winners were announced on Thursday morning by the Danvers-based North Shore Chamber of Commerce. They will be honored on Wednesday, Nov. 28 from 5-8 p.m. during a dinner event at Danversport Yacht Club. The award is designed to honor “distinguished leaders in business, industry, community and profession” on the North Shore. It is the second year that the award has been given out. Other award winners include Carlton Berry of C.P. Berry Homes, retiring state Senator Frederick E. Berry (D-Peabody), Henry and Donna Bertolon of Beverly, Tim Collins of …

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Jay Burnham

6:18 am on Friday, November 9, 2012

Precisely.   more ›

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Five Things to Know on Oct. 1: Possible Evening Activity Restrictions

An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.

Today is Monday, Oct. 1. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Mosquitoes: The Hamilton Board of Health is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on Monday night to consider “additional action” that might be taken “to protect public health” which may include banning outdoor evening activities because of the threat of West Nile Virus and EEE from mosquitoes. The board meets at 6 p.m. in the Memorial Room at Hamilton Town Hall. 2. ARC Walk: If you plan to register for the upcoming 16th Annual Northeast Arc “Run, Walk or Roll” on Saturday, Oct. 13 you may want to do it on Monday. ARC serves residents of the two towns with disabilities. The event starts and finishes at Plains Park, behind the Holten-Richmond Middle …

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Five Things to Know Today in Hamilton and Wenham: Aug. 20

An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.

Today is Monday, Aug. 20. Here are five things you need to know: 1. Clouds: Monday will be a cloudy day and not so warm – temperatures will be in the 70s. No rain is expected. 2. Principal: Monday is the first day on the job for Christopher Heath, the new principal at Winthrop Elementary School in Hamilton. He was hired this summer, coming from the Goodyear Elementary School in Woburn. He replaces Carrie Vaich, who took a new principal job on the seacoast of New Hampshire. 3. Hayfields: Hayfields in Hamilton (in the Shoppes at Hamilton Crossing) will be closed Monday and Tuesday while owner Amy Camerlin heads to New York to shop for some new inventory. “Get ready for a fabulous fall and a magical winter of shopping!” Hayfields said on its …

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Patton Estate Gift Agreement Likely to be Signed Monday, Closing Date to be Set

The gift of the Patton estate moves closer to being final will the expected signature of a gift agreement by the Board of Selectmen on Monday.

A gift agreement between the town of Hamilton and Joanne Patton is scheduled to be signed on Monday night – one of the final steps toward making the gift of the Patton estate final. In May, Annual Town Meeting voters accepted the gift and work has been underway since then to complete the gift. The 27-acre estate, off Asbury Street near the Topsfield town line, was home to General George Patton and his son, Maj. General George Patton. Major General Patton’s widow, Joanne Patton, offered the property as a gift to the town last winter. A committee was formed to examine to consider uses for the property, which could include playing field and a bed and breakfast. The gift does not include neighboring Green Meadows Farm, which will continue to …

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Borings to Determine Quality - and Value - of Patton Soil This Week

Borings will be taken this week from soil on the Patton property that could possibly be valuable septic gravel.

It should be clear by the end of the week the value of some of the fill on the Patton property, which is soon to be owned by the town government. The estate, off Asbury Street near the Topsfield town line, was home to General George Patton and his son, Maj. General George Patton. Town Meeting voters overwhelming voted in May to accept the 27-acre property. The town is on schedule to close on the property by Aug. 15, the deadline set in the gift agreement, Town Manager Michael Lombardo told the Board of Selectmen on Monday night. On Monday, Lombardo said he met with attorneys representing Joanne Patton, who made the donation to the town, and discussed “modest things that need to be cleared up.” The prospect that valuable septic fill gravel …

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Town May Have Struck Septic Fill 'Gold' on Patton Land

The Patton Family Gift Advisory Committee is both excited and cautious about opportunities for the 27-acre Patton tract presents for Hamilton.

Hamilton Selectman Jennifer Scuteri may feel a bit like a Beverly Hillbilly. Instead of striking oil in the Tennessee hills, Scuteri and other members of the Patton Family Gift Advisory Committee have been recently told that under the tall hill on the Patton property there is a large amount of septic fill gravel. An early estimate was that the gravel might be worth $1 million to $2 million. Joanne Patton, who is donating her family's home on Asbury Street along with 27 acres, brought the potential windfall to the committee's attention. The town accepted the donation of the property during a Town Meeting vote last month. Several members of the committee immediately dampened the initial enthusiasm, warning that extracting the gravel would …

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Hamilton OKs $420K School Budget 'Giveback,' $5 Million in Water System Improvements and Sidewalk Study

Hamilton Town Meeting voters approved a school budget number with a "giveback" on Saturday morning, in addition to several other measures.

Hamilton Town Meeting voters approved a school budget with a “giveback” to taxpayers of $420,000 on Saturday morning. Hamilton’s share of that “giveback” is $286,000 and that was part of the budget number that voters supported while approving its $15.1 million share of the fiscal 2013 school budget. School Committee Vice-Chairman Roger Kuebel said the “giveback” number has the OK from three of the School Committee members – Chairman Alexa McCloughan and Larry Swartz in addition to him. The full committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at the Center School building. Finance Committee Chairman John McWane said he brought the number to Town Meeting after "11th hour" negotiations with some members of the School Committee. If …

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Anne Sweeney

1:08 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Yes Michelle, it's good to know that our little serfdom in Hamilton is alive and well. Which is why the shelves at Accord are always empty. As the old saying rings true, even today about the rich getting richer and the poor poorer. Our children graduate high school and Universities throughout our great Nation to enter a bleak job market. How peachy. $5 million might not be a drop in the bucket …   more ›