Mary Bigelow Quotations

We are a watershed town. Most people here don't like to admit it but we are. The Farm River runs right through town. We need to protect that resource. You can't have oil leaking into the ground. We certainly had help in forming that, but I am very proud of that.

What I found with the old system was the lack of continuity. It was constantly changing. Now that we have a town manager, it operates smoothlythere's no fluctuation on mill rates. I tell people it's like having a CEO.

What services in town can we do without? The only way may be to cut back on services.

It was a fight, I can tell you that. No one wanted it. It was bi-partisanneither side wanted it. There was a lot of resistance but we just couldn't do the old form anymore.

The first people who will get hit with this are the seniors. I have talked with several senior residents and they tell me that these increases may force them out of living here. We are going to try very hard but the burden can't be put on the taxpayers anymore. I don't know how or where at this point but we have to look at everything.