Localized Street Flooding

Last nights high winds and the ongoing periods of heavy rain have taken a lot of leaves off the trees. Many of the leaves have made their way onto the grates of the area catch basins and caused some localized street flooding in low-lying areas of town.

The entire Public Works staff is out on the roads doing their best to clear any obstructions from the basins so that the water in the streets will subside.

Please be patient as we are doing the best we can to alleviate the situation.

Thank you in advance for your understanding and patience.

More Vandalism Means More Work by the DPW

The Hull High School Junior Class built and installed a free library box at the Kenberma Playground a few months ago so that people could read a free book while watching kids play at the playground.

Within the first few days, the box was damaged by vandals and repaired by the DPW.

This week, the DPW Parks crew took the box back to the DPW garage and made it a little stronger, changed the way that the box opens so it is more user friendly (and safer to open), secured the roof and made it more weather resistant by adding a shingled roof to it.
Hopefully this box will last since the Juniors did such a nice thing in building it originally.

On another note, one of the BRAND NEW, FRESHLY BUILT benches at the playground was vandalized again! Someone thought it would be a good idea to draw rude pictures on it. This was removed right away because the images were certainly not family or child friendly.
There was also a significant amount of names and writing done on the new play structure as well!

If you see anything that looks out of the ordinary, please contact the Hull Police right away and help us preserve and maintain the assets that the town works so hard to provide...

Rest in Peace Lt. Horwitz, U.S. Army/Air Force

Rest in Peace Lt. Horwitz, U.S. Army/Air Force 

Please note the the US flag will be at half staff this Sunday, October 15, 2017, the day of interment, in honor of Second Lieutenant Richard M. Horwitz, U.S. Army/Air Force 716^th Bomber Squadron, 449^th Bombardment Group. 

Lieutenant Horwitz, a native of Canton, Massachusetts, went missing on 28 February 1945 in the Gulf of Trieste, Gorizia Province, Friuli-Venezia Region, Italy. 

His remains have been identified and are returning home to be laid to rest.