Public Works

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  1. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Trash Delay

    Refuse and recycling collection will be interrupted on Monday, 1/18/21. Residents shall place refuse out for collection one (1) day later than their usual collection day. This includes residents whose collection day is Friday. Read on...

  2. New Sanitation rates effective January 2021

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Responsibilities

The Public Works Department is responsible for all endeavors relating to planning, designing, operating, maintaining, and managing public ways, park lands, open space, public grounds, town cemeteries, water distribution systems, sewer collection systems, and the collection and disposal of solid waste. The department also provides engineering support services and motor equipment maintenance services to all town departments.