To date, I have put together our offer and have also worked with town counsel to make sure everything is in place and in order. This will be addressed by the selectmen at their next meeting for approval.

Over 25 percent of Townsend land is zoned as open space, so business cannot go there. We have a small percentage of commercially zoned land and another small part zoned industrial. We have to look at ways to work around that.

We'll be ready once the selectmen see the proposal. Then we will contact Mr. Donahue and take it from there.

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President Obama insists he's a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works.

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