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4 South THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE AUGUST 9, 1998 SOOiiDiTOlllis KNEELAND CONS I RUCTION CORPORATION CUSTOM STYLED 5 YEARS GUARANTEE FREE ESTIMATE ROAD TO RETIREMENT MOVE UP WITH DORMERS ADDITIONS, SECOND LEVELS Carl Jacobs, who has run Nor I 1 I I ton's highway department as superintendent for the past three decades and has been a town employee for 44 AND HOME BUILDING MAMeq lt3U09 years, says he plans to retire from town service effective Oct 1. Jacobs discounted reports that he is leaving because of a budget dis pute with town administrator Chris McCabe. Jacobs said there was a Enhance disagreement, but it was "small potatoes," an assessment with which McCabe concurred. YOUn BOCK OR PATIO! "I'm retiring because I want to," Get more enjoyment from your home. said Jacobs.

"There's nothing hostile going on here." Jacobs said he plans to remain in -if I nittHNft 1 r-, Norton after his retirement. Awnings are cool! VETERANS NEWS The Veterans' Commission in GLOBE PHOTOS CAUIE UPKIN Thayer Library director Bruce Anderson (above, front) speaking as library trustees, building committee and architect of the new library, Ken Best (second from left), listen at the groundbreaking ceremony for new Braintree library. The old library (rear) will be demolished. Vin Martino (below) holds ceremonial shovel. r-T-n A rT A OT RETRACTABLE AWNINGS or with motor Avon is looking for a few good men I Operate manually Provide protection protection and women.

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"We've been looking for a few years now, but we're getting a poor response," he said. "Our goal now is to just get all the names and figure out what we want to do from there." Guilbault stressed that veterans do not have to be deceased to be honored. "I'm a veteran of World War II 1 and Korea," he said, adding with a laugh, "And I'm still kicking." 5.9 For more information, call the selectmen's office at Avon Town Hall, 508-588-0414. A NIGHT OUT Who knew that spending the night at the police station could be such a good time? For Milton resi dents planning to spend Wednesday night at police headquarters, the evening will be more of a social event and less of a legal affair. The first steps toward demolish'-1 ing the old building took place last week, when town officials and li- brary staff attended a groundbreak: ing ceremony on Washington Street.

Starting at the end of August, a wrecking crew will take down the former library, built in 1953, to make way for a $3.8 million structure to be built on the site. -f The new library will be nearly -double the size of the former one, according to director Bruce Andersoft It will feature more room for books? increased seating, a 150-seat auditoi rium, conference rooms, study rooms, and an enlarged children's area with stained-glass windows from the original library. Anderson said the new library isj expected to be completed within 14J months and should be opened by fafl 1999. Meanwhile, library patrons can get most materials from the Watson Park Branch on Quincy Avenue. The Highlands Branch on Peach StreetJ will also offer extended hours during the construction.

i Globe correspondent Paid Kdi-darian contributed to this weed's Around the Towns. i you have a stujgestion for an Around the Towns item, contact Moira Dowries by e-mail at doumesglobe.com, by telep)ume at. 781-826-1000, or by mail at Boston Globe Soidh Weekly, 1165 Washington St, Hanover, MA 02339. school will start at 7:27 a.m., which is three minutes earlier than last year. The school year's final dismissal time will be at 2:20 p.m., 11 minutes later than last year.

The length of the class day in the elementary schools will not change, officials said. MARINE LIFE A national marine sanctuary may be interested in opening a conference center and research base in the Coast Guard station at Schtuate Harbor. According to Chief Bruce Bradley at Point Allerton Coast Guard station in Hull, the Scituate station would remain open, but the marine group would occupy some office and basement space at the station. "Ever since the Scituate station was downsized two years ago, we've had some open space there," said Bradley. "Some of the offices are being used by the Massachusetts Environmental Police, but there's still some room." The proposed center would be run by the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, which has offices in Plymouth.

Bradley said nothing has been set in stone, but discussions are ongoing regarding the center's move to Scituate. GROUNDBREAKING NEWS "Out with the old and in with the new" ought to be the motto for Thayer Library in Braintree. touches such as roof thatching and applying clapboards will be in pre gress throughout the remainder of the summer. For those whose interest in construction is limited to watching a few minutes of "This Old House," there is another event happening in Plymouth that may be more appealing. The sixth annual Colonial Artisan's Faire will be held on Saturday on the grounds of the 1622 Harlow Old Fort House on Sandwich Street from 11a.m.

to 4 p.m. Among the crafters who will be displaying and demonstrating their work will be rug braiders, folk artists, a chair caner, a basket maker, and soap makers. Admission to the fair is free and there will be plenty of activities for children, including a reading by local author Carolyn Walsh. She will read from her newly published book, "Ce-lia and the Land of Discouraging Words." SCHOOL NEWS Randolph students may not be cheering the news, but starting this September, the school day will be 14 minutes longer than last year. The School Committee voted last month to add the extra time to the school day for students at the junior and senior high school levels to accommodate a new schedule for the upper grades, which will result in a total of 42 extra hours of teaching time over the school year.

Classes at the junior-senior high Free food, pony rides, and safety programs for children are all on the agenda for the fifth annual Milton's "Picked by the editors of Yankee Magazine Travel Guide to New England as Best oS the Region. Night Out, to be held Wednesday Qauo i in tr 418 nn from 5:30 to 10 p.m. on the grounds I of the police station at 40 Highland Ave. narcnn fnr i in tn luvinla rHinl ka nriguil IVI up pi3Upi? VCIt IWl WW I used with any other discounts or I 1 offers. Expires August 19S8.

I i Water Wizz of Cape Cod Wareham, Ma. Route 6 28 OLD-FASHIONED FUN There's plenty to do in Plymouth 508-295-3255 I I I 1 Liu hi. iu p.m. ammtj next weekend. Starting Saturday, Plimoth Plantation will be hosting a jj If JJlli 17th-century house-raising party.

Interpreters on the plantation, who dress in period costume and play the role of Plimoth Colony villagers, will assemble and raise a reproduction of the Governor Bradford House, using period tools and techniques. The house-raising is expected to 9 an take three days, Aug. 15-17. Once that job is completed, additional Flood revives push for new police station I STATION Continued from Page 3 DTE SECTIOH DEADLIKE September 13 Home Design September 8 September 20 Health Hospitals September 15 October 4 Fall Fix-up September 29 Home Furnishings was at home when he got a message from the We absolutely will have a new SUSAN MCQUAID, selectuwman station, phrased appropriately enough in nautical terminology. "We're taking on water," Brooks was told.

New Hampshire only Bannered advertising section damage was estimated at $500,000, all but $25,000 of which was covered by insurance, Carroll said. For several, weeks, detectives were working mainly out of their cars, using cellular telephones and beepers. Temporary space was made available downstairs in the town-owned Civic Center. Renovating and furnishing the new police annex was done at no charge by Corporate Software and Technology, a software reseller and service provider that moved from Westwood to Norwood a year ago. Despite the new offices, having some police officers working in separate quarters from the station would not be a good permanent solution, Brooks said.

Communication with the rest of the department suffers, he said. And for detectives, the Civic Center location is too casual, too associated with the recreational uses of the rest of the building. Usually people are hanging around on the benches outside, "Wouldn't have informants come in here, the entrance is too public," a-ooks said. For more information on any of these timely special sections, contact your Globe account executive or call 617-929-2200. Brooks, Chief Bartley King, Lieutenant Kevin McDonough, and Officers Elaine Kougias and Dean Raymond were knee-deep in water, lifting evidence files to desktops when they got a radio message from outside.

The pressure of the flood-waters had buckled the exterior metal garage doors and water was gushing into the basement. The only thing holding back a five-foot wall of water was a hallway door, which was acting as a dam, but not a very solid one. "It was not a life-threatening situation, but we began to look for a way out," Brooks said. All three exit doors were blocked and the only escape was through a three-foot by two-foot window. To get out, they had to pry off the window frame with Boston a screwdriver.

The squeeze was a bit tight, at least according to the inevitable but anonymous stationhouse jokes. The water floated desks across rooms, ruined computers, records and telephones. For hours, the main police telephone number was out of service. Only 911 calls could get through because the wiring for that system is upstairs in the station. Outside, some of the cars in the parking lot were submerged.

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