Labor & Economic News Blog

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

It's lights out in Hampden
By Jenna Russell, Globe Staff
HAMPDEN -- Until last month, Hampden had a full array of local services: a town library gearing up for its summer reading program; a busy new senior center with a fireplace and pool tables; a parks and recreation office with a full-time director. But no longer: The library, the senior center, and the recreation office in this rural town just north of the Connecticut border were closed July 1 until further notice, their budgets cut to zero after voters rejected a hotly contested proposal to increase property taxes to keep them open.

 



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