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Volume 23, Number 52
Friday, June 1, 2018
Durham reduces tax rate by 1 mill Durham Market to open again By Lauren Takores Town Times
The Board of Finance set the mill rate at 36.5 for the upcoming fiscal year.
That rate, approved at the board’s Tuesday, May 22 meeting, is a decrease of 1.08 mills from the current mill rate of 37.58.
By town meeting on May 14, residents approved a net town budget of $7,012,554, with $5,674,004 to be collected by taxation.
On May 8, 58 percent of voters approved via referendum the Regional School District 13 budget of $36,819,319. Durham’s education budget is $23,508,845.
Laurie Tuttle, board chairman, said the board had three options and chose the middle number.
The other mill rate options were within half a mill either way, she said.
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Longtime Legionnaires honored By Lauren Takores Town Times
The market, 238 Main St., changed ownership in November, after it was purchased by two married couples, Amit and Reshma Patel and Walter and Lisa Tregoning, who have been neighbors for more than a decade.
“Memorial Day is a time for Americans to reconnect with their history and their core values by honoring those who gave their lives for the ideals we cherish,” said Bob Francis, American Legion Post 184 commander and parade chairman.
“Each person who died during these conflicts was a loved one,” Francis said. “Each was a loss to their community and to the nation.” Durham’s annual parade had no grand marshal this year. Instead,
Durham Market will reopen this month after renovations aimed at restoring the business’ “country charm.” The store will celebrate its grand reopening Saturday, June 9, in the parking lot of United Churches of Durham, 228 Main St., at a time to be determined.
Monday marked the 150th Memorial Day, and communities nationwide honored the fallen members of the United States armed forces with solemn services and patriotic parades.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 1.1 million Americans have been killed in U.S. wars.
By Lauren Takores Town Times
Durham First Selectman Laura Francis assists former Army Staff Sgt. Charlie Arigoni, 91, during a wreath laying ceremony during Durham’s Memorial Day service on Monday, May 28. Lauren Takores, Town Times
three longtime American Legion members received recognition for 70 years continuous membership to the organization. Francis presented the three men — former Army Staff Sgts. Tom Arigoni and Charlie Arigoni, 91-year-old twin
brothers, and former Army Sgt. Joe Romboli, 91 — with certificates from the National American Legion during a ceremony on the Durham Town Green after the parade. The three men were first-grade classSee Memorial, A8
“Since then, we have been working on a complete renovation of the store to restore its country charm,” Lisa Tregoning said. New products include storemade juices, organic foods, local produce as well as honey, grass-fed beef, and dailySee Market, A16
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