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Committee approves $339,400 in project funding

SomersetMar 19, 20262 min read

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The committee unanimously approved $339,400 for six FY 2027 Community Preservation projects, including historic cemetery signs, the Swansea Friends Meeting House, three recreation projects, and Somerset bocce court improvements. The Pottersville Playground award was reduced to $75,000 and conditioned on preventing children from being walked across Route 138.

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What this means

The approved funding will support two historic preservation projects and four recreation projects. Funding will come from the committee’s historic, open space and recreation, and budgeted reserve accounts. The Pierce Beach Splash Pad received four votes for approval and two against, but the project was withdrawn; the O’Neil Field athletic-lighting project was also withdrawn.

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Approved $10,000 for signage at historic cemeteries, funded from the Budgeted Reserve.
Approved $100,000 for the Swansea Friends Meeting House, funded with $42,797 from the Historic Account and $57,203 from the Budgeted Reserve.
Approved $75,000 for construction of the Pottersville Playground after reducing the request from $100,000. The project is conditioned on a business owner guaranteeing that children will no longer be walked across Route 138.
Approved $59,125 for reconstruction of the upper baseball field adjacent to the Hot & Cold Lane South Complex, funded from the Budgeted Reserve.
Approved $81,684 for reconstruction of the Babe Ruth Division, also called the Senior Division, baseball field at the South Complex, funded from the Budgeted Reserve.
The Pierce Beach Splash Pad received four votes for approval and two against, but the project was withdrawn.
The O’Neil Field athletic-lighting project was withdrawn, with alternative funding options to be considered.
Approved $13,591 for Phase 2 of the Somerset Bocce Courts redesign, funded from the Budgeted Reserve.
Scheduled the annual meeting for May 6, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. at 140 Wood Street.

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