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THIRD PARCEL
Beginning at a point on the Northerly side of Howard Road at other land of Richard C. Lacroix thence running Easterly by Howard Road; thence running Northerly by other land of Richard C. LaCroix; thence running Westerly by land of Shea by a brook; thence running Northwesterly and Westerly by land of Shea; thence running Southeast- erly, Easterly and Southerly by other land of Richard C. Lacroix to the point of beginning. Containing 32 acres, more or less.
Report of Planning Board read by Robert R. Fitzpatrick previous to action on Article 7.
Planning Board approved.
ARTICLE 8. Voted unanimously that the Town amend its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning from a Residence A Dis- trict to a Business District that certain parcel of land situated off, but not adjacent to, Littleton Road, belonging to Barbara A. Kilroy, and bounded and described as follows: Westerly by the Town Line between Littleton and Westford, three hundred ninety-five (395) feet; Southerly by land now or formerly of Kimball, one hundred four (104) feet; Easterly by land now or formerly of Kimball, two hundred forty- three (243) feet; and Northerly by a line two hundred (200) feet distant from and parallel to Littleton Road.
Report of Planning Board read by Robert R. Fitzpatrick precious to action on Article 8.
Planning Board approved.
ARTICLE 9. Voted unanimously that the Town accept a gift of a new Ambulance, made to it by the Westford 4-H Citizenship Club, and that the Town Clerk be authorized and directed to extend to said Club the appreciation of the Town for said gift.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the meeting. Voted to dissolve the meeting.
Charles L. Hildreth - Town Clerk A True Record, Attest:
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MARCH 9, 1963
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at Westford Academy on Saturday, March 9, 1963 at 1:00 P.M., the following business was transacted :
Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order, a quorum being present.
Carl 0. Benson, Arthur B. Parker, Jr., James Wilkins, Teresa M. Buckshorn, Sonja A. Loney and Dorothy I. Mann, Election Officers using Voting Lists, acted as tellers at the doors. The attendance was 329.
Rev. William R. Mawhinney gave the invocation.
The canvass of the votes cast at the Annual Town Election of March 4, 1963, was read by the Town Clerk.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the Warrant in its entirety.
ARTICLE 1. The Annual Report of the Planning Board, given by Denis Maguire, Esq., Chairman, was accepted as read.
Voted that the Committee to study the advisability of building a new Town Garage, appointed by the Selectmen, pursuant to vote of the Town at the Annual Town Meeting held on March 10, 1962, be continued and that said Committee be instructed to report its findings and recommendations at the next Special Town Meeting.
Richard S. Emmet, Jr., gave the report of the School Planning Committee and distributed copies of same.
The Building Code Committee report was read by Elroy A. Field and accepted as a report of progress.
ARTICLE 2. Voted unanimously that the following sums be raised and appropriated for the several specific purposes hereinafter desig- nated and that said sums be expended for such purposes under the direction of the respective Officers, Boards and Committees:
A. SALARIES AND COMPENSATION OF ELECTED OFFICERS
(Effective as of January 1, 1963)
1. Selectmen
Chairman Other two members
$ 700.00 per year 600.00 ea. per yr.
2. Board of Public Welfare Chairman Other two members
100.00 per year 75.00 ea. per yr.
3. Treasurer-Collector
5,300.00 per year
4. Town Clerk
5. Water Commissioners
2,600.00 per year 200.00 ea. per yr. 1.75 per hour
6. Tree Warden
7. Assessors
2.25 per hour
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B. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
1. Selectmen
$ 4,377.00
2. Town Accountant
2,785.00
3. Treasurer-Collector
11,400.00
4. Assessors
6,919.00
5. Town Counsel
1,667.50
6. Town Clerk
3,444.00
7. Election and Registration Miscellaneous :
4,014.50
8. License Expenses $ 300.00
9. Tax Title Expenses 1,100.00
10. Tax Possession Sale Committee 200.00
11. Finance Committee Expenses 225.00
12. Misc Fees and Expenses 500.00
Total Miscellaneous
2,325.00
Total General Government
$
36,932.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
13. General Expenses
765,182.00
14. School Band and Athletic Program
14,220.00
15. Vocational School Tuition
3,000.00
Total School Department
782,402.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
16. General Expenses
50,665.00
17. Resuscitator
270.00
Total Police Department
50,935.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
18. General Expenses
17,580.00
19. Switchboard Operator
1,250.00
20. New Fire Hose
1,000.00
21. New Tires
400.00
22. Miscellaneous Equipment & Supplies
1,500.00
Total Fire Department
21,730.00
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT
23. General Expenses
2,500.00
24. New Forestry Hose
800.00
Total Forest Fire Department
3,300.00
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
25. Snow and Ice Removal
40,000.00
26. Town Roads 29,500.00
27. Drainage of Town Roads
7,500.00
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28. Road Signs
29. Painting Traffic Lines
30. Repair of Sidewalks
31 Special Equipment Spreader
1,700.00
Total Highway Department
$ 81,550.00
WATER DEPARTMENT
32. Total Expenses
42,125.00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
33. General Expenses
7,450.00
34. State Tuberculosis Hospital
3,000.00
Total Health Department
10,450.00
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
35. Old Age Assistance )
Aid to Dependent Children
)
Disability Assistance )
57,500.00
Temporary Aid )
Medical Assistance for the Aged)
36. Town Infirmary
1,000.00
Total Welfare Department
58,500.00
VETERANS ' BENEFITS
37. Total Expenses
7,000.00
OTHER
38. Dog Officer
1,000.00
39. Tree Warden
5,000.00
40. Moth Department - Dutch Elm Disease
2,700.00
41. Cattle Inspector
200.00
42. Sealer of Weights and Measures
250.00
43. Wire Inspector
1,000.00
44. Fire Hydrants
7,875.00
45. Town Forest
400.00
46 Conservation Commission
100.00
47. Plumbing Inspector
600.00
48. Gas Inspector
250.00
49. Civil Defense
700.00
Total Other
20,075.00
PROPERTY, PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATION
50. Town Hall
4,897.00
51. Care of Common
1,200.00
52. Whitney Playground
1,000.00
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$ 950.00
900.00
1,000.00
53. Recreation Commission
$ 2,500.00
Total Property, Playgrounds and Recreation $ 9,597.00
J. V. FLETCHER LIBRARY
(Together with Dog Receipts for 1962)
54. General Expenses
13,977.00
55. Renovation of Lower Floor
938.00
Total Library
14,915.00
ZONING, PLANNING AND BY-LAWS
56. Board of Appeals - Total Expenses
500.00
57. Zoning and Building Permits 350.00
58. Enforcement of By-Laws 2,000.00
59. Planning Board - Total Expenses 500.00
Total Zoning, Planning & By-Laws
3,350.00
CEMETERIES
60. Cemeteries - Total Expenses
7,200.00
UNCLASSIFIED
61. Finance Committee Reserve Fund 5,000.00
62. Development and Industrial Commission
100.00
63. Commemoration of Memorial Day 500.00
64. Town Reports - Printing & Distribution
2,000.00
65. Insurance - Fire, Compensation, etc.
12,000.00
66. Revenue Loans
1,000.00
67. Nashoba Associated Boards of Health
7,985.28
68. Middlesex County Retirement System
9,918.18
69. Street Lights
11,200.00
70. Unpaid Bills of Previous Years:
G V Moore Lumber Co Inc $ 12.00
J. Harry Parker 105.00
Hodson Fire Equipment Co 7.75
124.75
Total Unclassified $ 49,828.21
An amendment was voted to defer any action on that portion of Article 2 which pertains to the School Department to an adjourned session of this Town Meeting. Said adjourned session to be held in Westford Academy on Saturday, March 16, 1963 at 1:00 P.M. Prior to this adjourned session a Public Hearing shall be held by the School Committee for the purpose of a more detailed explanation of its Budgetary requirements. Said Public Hearing on School Department Budget to be held at Westford Academy on Wednesday, March 13, 1963 at 8:00 P.M.
Voted to consider Articles 33 thru 49.
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ARTICLE 33. Voted YES 300, NO 7, that the care, custody, management and control of the following described parcel of land sit- uated in Nabnasset, being a portion of the premises occupied by the old Nabnasset Elementary School, be transferred from the School Department to the Fire Department, said parcel to be used as the site of a proposed new Firehouse:
A certain parcel of land situated at the intersection formed by the intersection of the Southerly line of Hawthorne Avenue with the Westerly line of Oak Hill Road, and thus bounded: Westerly by said Hawthorne Avenue, 200 feet; Easterly by said Oak Hill Road, 100 feet; Southerly by the remaining portion of land occupied by said old Nab- nasset Elementary School, 200 feet; and Westerly by said last named land, 100 feet; containing 20,000 square feet.
ARTICLE 34. Voted unanimously that the sum of $30,000 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing, originally equipping and furnishing a new Firehouse to be situated in Nabnasset on the premises described in the preceding Article, being a portion of the premises formerly occupied by the old Nabnasset Elementary School; said sum to be expended by and under the supervision of the Committee appointed under Article 26 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1962.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 35. Voted not to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 to meet the Town's share of the cost of continuing Chapter 90 Highway Construction on Hildreth Street.
Finance Committee disapproved this Article.
Board of Selectmen also disapproved same.
ARTICLE 36. Voted unanimously to dismiss this Article relative to the Town reviewing and voting on separately, each Section and part of each, or division of each Section, of each and every Article in the By-Laws of the Town of Westford.
ARTICLE 37. Voted not to change Article I Section 5 of the By-Laws of the Town of Westford.
Voted to adjourn this meeting to Saturday, March 16, 1963 at 1:00 P.M., in the Westford Academy.
A True Record, Attest:
Charles L. Hildreth TOWN CLERK
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MARCH 16, 1963
The ad journment of the Annual Town Meeting of March 9, 1963 was held at Westford Academy on Saturday, March 16, 1963 at 1:00 P.M.
Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order and declared the presence of a quorum. The attendance was 215.
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Carl O. Benson, Arthur B. Parker, Jr., James Wilkins, Teresa M. Buckshorn, Sonja A. Loney and Dorothy I. Mann, Election Officers using Voting Lists, acted as tellers at the doors.
In the absence of the Town Clerk, Charles L. Hildreth, because of illness, the Assistant Town Clerk, Alice A. Hildreth, acted as Clerk.
ARTICLE 38. Voted, by secret written ballot, YES 104, NO 63 and BLANKS 5, to dismiss this Article relative to investigating Hicks' Development on Boston Road.
ARTICLE 39. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to investi- gating assessment of H. E. Fletcher Co., properties.
ARTICLE 40. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to investi- gating assessment of Ben W. Drew and Sarah W. Drew properties.
ARTICLE 41. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to changing the quorum required at Town Meetings.
ARTICLE 42. Voted unanimously to dismiss this Article relative to amending the Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map, Section 7, Paragraph 1, Lot Size and Frontage.
ARTICLE 43. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to amending Article I Section 7 of the By-Laws concerning authority of Moderator.
ARTICLE 44. Voted unanimously to dismiss this Article relative to the Town withdrawing from the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health.
ARTICLE 45. Voted unanimously to dismiss this Article relative to the Town repealing all changes, amendments and additions to the By-Laws which have been passed since the published copy of said By- Laws amended thru March 1, 1958.
ARTICLE 46. Voted unanimously to dismiss this Article relative to discontinuance of a Planning Board.
ARTICLE 47. Voted unanimously to dismiss this Article relative to returning land transferred to School Committee under Article 1 of the Special Town Meeting held June 22, 1961.
ARTICLE 48. Voted unanimously that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to try to obtain two resident doctors in Westford.
ARTICLE 49. Voted that the Town recommend to the School Com- mittee that a course in Parliamentary Law be made available to the citizens of Westford, or to arrange with the Massachusetts State University, Extension Classes, Department of Education, for said course.
Voted to take up Article 2, School Department, Items 13, 14 and 15.
Voted unanimously that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $782,402 under Article 2, Items 13, 14 and 15.
Finance Committee approved.
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ARTICLE 3. Voted unanimously that the Town Treasurer be autho- rized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 4. Voted unanimously that the Planning Board be and it hereby is authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to acquire such options as it, in its discretion, shall deem to be in the best interests of the Town for the purchase of land for municipal use including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, parks, municipal buildings and wild life refuges.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 5. Voted unanimously that the sum of $10,250 be raised and appropriated to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 81 Highways and that, in addition, the sum of $22,550 be tramsferred from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury to meet the State's share of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State to be restored, upon their receipt, to Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 6. Voted unanimously that the sum of $1500 be raised and appropriated for Maintenance of Chapter 90 Roads on condition that like amounts be contributed by either or both the State and County respectively, to be used in conjunction therewith, and that, in addition, the sum of $3,000 be transferred from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury to meet the State's and County's shares of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored, upon their receipt, to Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 7. Voted unanimously that the sum of $29,000 be raised and appropriated and be deposited in and become a part of the Stabi- lization Fund created under Article 19 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1961.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 8. Voted unanimously that the sum of $8500 be raised and appropriated to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 Highway Construction, contingent upon either or both the State and County contributing towards the cost thereof and that the additional sum of $25,500 be transferred from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury to meet the State's and County's shares of the cost of said construction, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored, upon their receipt, to Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury.
Finance Committee approved.
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ARTICLE 9. Voted unanimously that the sum of $4509 be raised and appropriated for the purchase of a new Dump Truck for the Highway Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen and that said Board be and they hereby are autho- rized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to one of the trucks now being used by the said Department and apply the sum received therefor against the purchase price of the new Dump Truck.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 10. Voted unanimously to dismiss this Article relative to raising and appropriating the sum of $8,000 for the purchase of a new Road Grader for the Highway Department
ARTICLE 11. Voted unanimously that the sum of $3,360 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of paying the annual rental of a Street Sweeper, said sum to be expended by the Board of Selectmen. Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 12. Voted unanimously that the sum of $8,000 be trans- ferred from the Highway Machinery Fund to the Highway Equipment Account.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 13. Voted unanimously that the sum of $2,375 be raised and appropriated for the purchase of a new Truck for the Moth Depart- ment, said sum to be expended and said purchase to be made by the Tree Warden.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 14. Voted that the sum of $2,048 be raised and appropri- ated for the purpose of purchasing two new Cruisers for the Police Department, said purchases to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen and that the said Board be and they hereby are authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to one or both of the Cruisers now being used by said Department and to apply the sum or sums received therefor against the purchase price of the said new Cruisers.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 15. Voted unanimously that the Board of Fire Engineers be and they hereby are authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to execute a renewal of the lease of quarters at Nabnasset in which two of the Fire Trucks are stationed and that the sum of $600 be raised and appropriated for the rent of said quarters.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 16. Voted unanimously that the sum of $1,000 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of defraying all the expenses of the Building Code Committee, said sum to be expended by said Committee. Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 17. Voted unanimously to dismiss this Article relative to raising and appropriating the sum of $2,500 for the purpose of defraying all expenses of the Board of Health in connection with the
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establishment of a proposed new Town Dump including site, development, labor, equipment, materials and supplies.
ARTICLE 18. Voted unanimously that the Town accept the gifts made to it during the past year by the following named persons :
1. Walter W. Fletcher: Blankets for Police Cruisers
2. Ralph R. Rice: Blankets for Town Ambulance
ARTICLE 19. Voted unanimously that the sum of $300 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing suitable quarters for the Nabnasset American Legion Post No. 437 and the Auxiliary of said Post; that the further sum of $300 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing suitable quarters for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6539 and the Auxiliary of said Post; that the further sum of $300 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing suitable quarters for the Frederick S. Healy American Legion Post No. 159 and the Auxiliary of said Post, all for the calendar year 1963.
Finance Committee approved.
Voted to consider Article 20 after action on Article 24.
ARTICLE 21. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as and for a Town Way that portion of Griffin Road extending approximately fourteen hundred seventeen (1417) feet southwesterly from its intersection with Acton Road as laid out by the Selectmen, as shown by their Report and Plan duly filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, said way to be known as Griffin Road.
Planning Board approved.
ARTICLE 22. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as and for a Town Way, Crown Road vso called, as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their Report and Plan duly filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, said way to be known as Crown Road.
Planning Board approved.
ARTICLE 23. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as and for a Town Way, Castle Road so called, as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by their Report and Plan duly filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, said way to be known as Castle Road.
Planning Board approved.
ARTICLE 24. Voted unanimously that the Town accept as and for a Town Way that portion of Broadway Street so called, extending from the end of the 1908 Middlesex County Layout to its intersection with Main Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, as shown by their Report and Plan duly filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, said way to be known as Broadway Street.
Planning Board approved.
Voted to consider Article 20.
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ARTICLE 20. Voted unanimously that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to install the following Street Lights:
1. Seven lights on Crown Road on Poles numbered 1, 7, 10, 13, 20 and 194/24
2. One light on Castle Road on Pole No. 3
3. One light on Main Street in Graniteville on unnumbered pole next Westerly after Pole No. 15/310 toward Forge Village
4. One light on Forge Village Road on Pole No. 47
5. Three lights on Depot Road on Poles numbered 32, 36 and 44
6.
One light on South Chelmsford Road on Pole No. 12
7. One light on Connell Drive on Pole No. 3
9.
8. Three lights on Groton Road on Poles numbered 33/58, 46 & 39 Two lights on Hunt Road on Poles numbered 62/10 and 62/5
10.
11. One light on Concord Road on Pole No. 157
One light on Hildreth Street on Pole No. 35/61
12. One light on Leland Street on Pole No. 17
13 One light on Tadmuck Road on Pole No. 13
14. One light on West Prescott Street on Pole No. 51/179
15. One light on Pleasant Street on Pole No. 19
16. One light on Brookside Road on Pole No. 8/7
** 17. One light on Woodbine Terrace on Pole numbered 188/9
**
18. One light on York Avenue on Pole No. 2
*
19. One light on Wilshire Avenue on Pole No. 2
** Authorized upon acceptance of said named streets Finance Committee approved.
Voted to take up Article 2 Item 69 Street Lights.
Voted that the sum of $11,200 be raised and appropriated for Street Lights.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 25. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and directed to appoint a Committee of three voters to investigate and study the advisability of establishing or providing Plans or By-Laws, or both, for the classification of certain Town positions, for establishing minimum and maximum salaries to be paid to employees in positions so classified, for the establishment of a Personnel Board or other Agency for the purpose of administering any such plans or other provisions of its By-Laws pertaining to personnel and for the establishment of a Personnel Relations Review Board, said Committee to report its findings and recommendations to the Town at the earliest practicable date.
ARTICLE 26. Voted unanimously that the sum of $1,633 be raised and appropriated to defray the cost of constructing and equipping a new office on the lower floor of the Town Hall, including the cost of all plans, cost estimates, fees, expenses, labor, equipment, materials and supplies, said sum to be expended by and under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.
Finance Committee approved.
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ARTICLE 27. Voted unanimously to dismiss this Article relative to the Town further amending its By-Laws by inserting after Section 11 of Article I a Section 12 concerning certain Officers, Departments and Boards maintaining their principal offices and transacting their cus- tomary and usual duties in offices provided for them in the Town Hall.
ARTICLE 28. Voted unanimously that the Town accept a gift of five (5) acres of land situated in Graniteville on the Easterly side of North Street and the northwesterly side of but not adjacent to Beacon Street, made to it by James E. Farmer and Phyllis C. Farmer, being the premises described in a deed to the Town dated February 14, 1963 and that the Town Clerk be authorized and directed to extend to Mr. and Mrs. Farmer the appreciation of the Town for said gift.
ARTICLE 29. Voted unanimously that, under the enabling authority contained in General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 41 Section 1, the Select- men henceforth appoint, from time to time, for terms not exceeding three years, as many Constables as they deem necessary, said appoint- ments to be made under the authority of Section 91A of said Chap. 41.
ARTICLE 30. Voted unanimously that the Town extend its water mains and water supply system by laying mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter, in and along a por- tion of Patten Road for a distance of approximately seven hundred thirty-five (735) feet from the end of the existing mains on said Road, the entire cost of said extension to be paid, in advance, by the takers to be served thereby, pursuant to the provisions of Section 5, Clause 3 of the By-Laws governing the operation of the Water Depart- ment, as amended, and for the purpose aforesaid, that the sum of $2500 be appropriated from the Account entitled "Water Extension Deposits".
Water Commissioners recommended.
Finance Committee approved.
ARTICLE 31. Voted not to further amend the Town's Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning from a Residence A Dis- trict to a Business District that portion of premises owned by Frank J. Graziano and Marion J. Graziano, situated in Westford on the South- erly side of Groton Road.
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