Letter sent, response awaited

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B y Jaime Thomas

The ball is in Tom Burke’s court.

Local historians and concerned citizens, however, are hoping that isn’t a wrecking ball. At a meeting two weeks ago, they asked Town Supervisor Matt Hicks to write a letter to Burke, who owns the property that holds the old Quaker meeting house and two other buildings.

They wanted Hicks to request Burke donate the section of the property that holds the meeting house, as well as the building itself to the town.

Hicks [...]

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