Board approves $290,000 property sale pending future road repair authorization
Board approves property sale requiring future road-repair authorization. The Selectmen voted 2-0, with one abstention, to approve the sale of 12 Alexandra Drive for $290,000, contingent on Town Meeting authorization of $400,000 to $750,000 in road repairs required before the street can be accepted
Board of Selectmen (Town of Freetown) · Meeting of August 25, 2026
FREETOWN — Board approves property sale requiring future road-repair authorization. The Selectmen voted 2-0, with one abstention, to approve the sale of 12 Alexandra Drive for $290,000, contingent on Town Meeting authorization of $400,000 to $750,000 in road repairs required before the street can be accepted as public way. Selectman Chad S.
Carvalho abstained due to Planning Board membership. The Board approved multiple Freetown Elementary School building improvements including roof repair change-order authority, $5,975 in fascia repairs, and a $5,900 parking lot gate replacement, plus a $136,000 salt storage shed and paving contracts for nearly $750,000. The Board increased winter snowplow driver rates by five dollars per hour and restructured the Council on Aging and Library Community Building Committee to 13 members including designated Library and COA director seats.
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Source: the Board of Selectmen (Town of Freetown) meeting of August 25, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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