PARIS — At its next meeting the Board of Selectmen will consider whether to act on Gravel Pit Way, where the town is in a disagreement with a landowner who is trying to block ATVs on the right of way.
David Everett, owner of E.C.I. Materials, put signs on the right of way through his land late last year barring ATV riders from using the road, which includes a private crossing over railroad tracks. The town ordered Everett to open the road to ATVs and has discussed the matter with its attorneys, including the option of litigation to keep road access open.
In another matter, after several people have spoken for and against a request by the Hillside Cemetery foundation to have 1.13 acres of the Cornwall Nature Preserve transferred to the cemetery, the board will consider holding a public hearing to discuss whether to transfer ownership of that land. The foundation wants the land so it can sell plots and pay for upkeep to the historical cemetery.
However, the land was deeded to the town by Alice Cornwall as a nature preserve, and her deed says the land can’t be subdivided. Several critics of the plan have said subdividing the land would violate the deed and discourage people from deeding land to the town in the future. The cemetery foundation has submitted letters from Cornwall’s children in support of transferring the land.
The Board of Selectmen meets at 7 p.m. Monday at the Paris Town Office.
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