The following is a chronological list of votes
taken at Town Meeting relating to acceptance or discontinuance of
streets in the town. Consult municipal records for a more detailed
description of each action.
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Adoption Date
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Action
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3-1-1926 ATM Art. 23
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Voted to discontinue the three crossroads running
from the State Road to the Turnpike Road across the Blacksmith Lot
so-called, between the land of Albert E. Waitt and Samuel A. Woods
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3-1-1926 ATM Art. 25
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Voted to discontinue the road known as the Ball
Road, west from the residence of John Wesling to the Bayberry Hill
Road in West Townsend
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5-21-1932 STM Art. 2
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Voted to discontinue the Cross Road in front
of the Worcester place from Main Street to the Turnpike Road
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3-2-1936 ATM Art. 14
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Voted that the town discontinue the road from
the residence of Andrew Lemieux northerly to the Turnpike Road
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3-2-1936 ATM Art. 15
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Voted that the town make the road by Vinton
Pond a public road as far as the farm of Jacob E. Niemi
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3-7-1938 ATM Art. 28
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Voted that the town accept the private ways
now known as Riverbank Terrace and Jefts Street as public ways
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3-6-1944 ATM Art. 16
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Voted that the town accept as a public way the
road sometimes called Bliss Lane, from Worcester Road south to Blood
Road, a distance of about 600 feet [Note: Bliss Lane was discontinued
4-23-1979 ATM by Art. 37; see below.]
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3-4-1946 ATM Art. 26
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Voted to accept the way leading north off Turnpike
Road through land owned by Nillo Wood, about 275 feet, to corner formed
by land of Frank Bennett Estate and land of Nillo Wood, said way to
be 40 feet wide
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11-26-1946 STM Art. 3
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Voted to accept as a public way the southerly
part of Depot Street, so-called, leading from the south side of the
railroad track to Route 13, also called Elm Street, a distance of
approximately 520 feet, said way going through or abutted by land
of Arlin Fessenden Co., Goodwin, Leonard and Thiboutot, and B &
M Railroad, the width to be in accordance with bounds to be set by
the Highway Department
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3-3-1952 ATM Art. 29
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Voted (subject to the approval of the Selectmen)
to accept as a public way the road running easterly for a distance
of about 400 feet to a dead-end from Lunenburg Road located at the
former Aino Nortonen Place, Bayberry Hill, West Townsend
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3-3-1952 ATM Art. 30
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Voted that the town authorize the Board of Selectmen
to accept as a town way the private way now known as Keneohe Court
which runs in a northerly direction from the state highway approximately
700 feet, when said way meets with the approval of the Board of Selectmen
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3-3-1952 ATM Art. 31
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Voted that the town authorize the Board of Selectmen
to accept as a town way the private way now known as Scott Road which
runs in a northerly direction from the state highway approximately
1,000 feet, when said way meets with the approval of the Board of
Selectmen
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3-2-1953 ATM Art. 19
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Voted to accept as a public way the road running
northerly from the end of Pierce Road to the property line of William
Francouer, subject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen
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3-2-1953 ATM Art. 32
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Voted to accept as a public way the street running
north and south for a distance of about 800 feet from upper Main Street
to Turnpike Road just west of Fessenden Field, subject to the approval
of the Board of Selectmen
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3-3-1958 ATM Art. 34
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Voted that the town accept Squannacook Terrace
as a public way as laid out by the Board of Selectmen
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11-25-1974 STM Art. 7
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Voted that the town accept the following roads
in Timberlee Park: Walnut Street, 1,848 feet; Beech Street, 3,960
feet; Maplewood Road, extending a distance of approximately 1,320
feet easterly from Beech Street
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4-28-1975 ATM Art. 38
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Voted that the town accept the following roads
in Timberlee Park: Sycamore Drive, 1,056 feet, 40 feet wide with easement;
Birch Street, 1,056 feet, 40 feet wide with easement
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4-26-1976 ATM Art. 41
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Voted that the town accept the following roads
in Timberlee Park: Balsam Drive, 1,948 feet, 40 feet wide with easement;
Cedar Circle, 1,156.68 feet, 40 feet wide with easement
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4-25-1977 ATM Art. 19
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Voted that the town accept the road known as
Scales Lane extension, 1,560.68 feet long by 50 feet wide with easements
from Adams & West Realty Trust and Bates Corrugated Box Company
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4-25-1977 ATM Art. 21
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Voted that the town accept the following road
in Timberlee Park: Spruce Street, 1,034.75 feet
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4-25-1977 ATM Art. 23
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Voted that the town accept Todd Drive in the
Townsend Estates, Section II Subdivision, as a public way, as said
Todd Drive appears on a plan filed with the Planning Board, being
1,576.59 feet long and 25 feet wide and constructed within a forty-foot
layout, together with easements and rights-of-way
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4-25-1977 ATM Art. 24
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Voted that the town accept Edward Road in the
Townsend Estates, Section II Subdivision, as a public way, as said
Edward Road appears on a plan filed with the Planning Board, being
1,866 feet long and 25 feet wide and constructed within a forty-foot
layout, together with easements and rights-of-way
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4-24-1978 ATM Art. 24
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Voted that the town accept the following streets
in Timberlee Park: Maplewood Drive, 3,781 feet beginning at a point
approximately 1,320 feet easterly from Beech Street and extending
to Ash Street; Chestnut Street, 1,178 feet beginning at Maplewood
Drive and extending to Ash Street
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4-23-1979 ATM Art. 37
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Voted that the town discontinue Bliss Lane,
so-called, a town way from its terminus at Blood Road for its entire
length to its terminus at Worcester Road
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11-19-1979 STM Art. 1
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Voted that the town accept as town ways the
following roads, as described in the street layout plans adopted by
the Board of Selectmen on 11-10-1979 and on file in the Town Clerk's
office since that date: Apple Drive, Ash Street, Cherry Drive, Dogwood
Drive, Edward Road, Fordway Road, Hayes Road, Hickory Drive, Knollwood
Lane, Laurie Drive, Pearl Brook Lane, Pearl Brook Road, Pine Street,
Ponderosa Drive, Reagan Road, Redwood Drive, Ripple Road, Robyn Drive,
Shagbark Drive, Sumac Drive, Tamarack Lane, Woodland Drive, Willow
Drive
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4-27-1982 ATM Art. 35
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Voted that the town accept the following: Ash
Street, extended a distance of 2,543 feet from the end of a portion
previously accepted at the intersection of Hickory Drive to land known
as Timberlee Park Section 8; Oak Circle, a total distance of 473 feet
from Ponderosa Drive to its end; as shown on plans submitted to the
Selectmen and on file with the Town Clerk
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4-26-1983 ATM Art. 18
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Voted that the town accept as town ways the
following roads as described in the street layout plans adopted by
the Board of Selectmen on 4-11-1983 and on file in the Town Clerk's
office since that date: Virgo Lane, Taurus Lane, Scorpio Lane and
Sagittarius Lane
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4-25-1984 STM Art. 4
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Voted that the town accept as town ways the
following roads as described in the street layout plans adopted by
the Board of Selectmen on 4-10-1984 and on file in the Town Clerk's
office since that date: Capricorn Lane, Libra Lane, Aquarius Lane
and Gemini Lane
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4-25-1984 STM Art. 5
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Voted that the town accept as a town way the
following road as described in the street layout plans adopted by
the Board of Selectmen on 4-10-1984 and on file in the Town Clerk's
office since that date: Joyce Street
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4-23-1985 STM Art. 42
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Voted that the town accept as town ways the
following roads as described in the street layout plans adopted by
the Board of Selectmen on 4-9-1985 and on file in the Town Clerk's
office since that date: Briar Way, approximately 600 feet; Bridle
Path, 286.74 feet
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5-4-1987 ATM Art. 59
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Voted that the town abandon a way running between
Emery Road and Tyler Road past Bixby or Blood Reservoir, so-called,
said road sometimes known as Meeting Road
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9-25-1989 STM Art. 5
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Voted that the town accept a new section of
road designated as a town way and to be known as Dudley Road, starting
at a point 340 feet north of the intersection of Brookline Road and
Hawthorne Brook Middle School driveway, then running in a westerly
direction 310 feet to the way known as Dudley Road
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4-27-1991 ATM Art. 16
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Voted that the town accept Partridge Circle
as a town way as described in the street layout plan adopted by the
Board of Selectmen on 4-9-1991 and on file in the Town Clerk's office
since that date. Partridge Circle will start at the intersection of
Partridge Circle and Pheasant Ridge Road and terminate at a cul-de-sac.
The length of the road is 522.32 feet with a road width of 50 feet.
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4-27-1991 ATM Art. 17
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Voted that the town accept Pheasant Ridge Road
as a town way as described in the street layout plan adopted by the
Board of Selectmen on 4-9-1991 and on file in the Town Clerk's office
since that date. Pheasant Ridge Road will start at the intersection
of Fitchburg Road (Rte. 13) and Pheasant Ridge Road and terminate
at a cul-de-sac. The length of the road is 2,137.52 feet with a road
width of 50 feet.
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6-2-1992 ATM Art. 10
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Voted that the town accept as town ways the
roads listed below, each as laid out as shown on the respective plans
and reports filed in the office of the Town Clerk pursuant to MGL
c. 82, §§ 21, 22 and 23:
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Brook's Crossing will start at the intersection
of Mason Road and Brook's Crossing and terminate at the intersecting
ways of Brook's Crossing, Michael Way and Kristopher Lane. The length
of the road is 400 feet with a road width of 50 feet.
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Michael Way will start at the intersecting ways
of Michael Way, Kristopher Lane and Brook's Crossing and terminate
at a cul-de-sac. The length of the road is 500 feet with a road width
of 50 feet.
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Kristopher Lane will start at the intersecting
ways of Kristopher Lane, Brook's Crossing and Michael Way and terminate
at a cul-de-sac. The length of the road is 900 feet with a road width
of 50 feet.
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St. James Place will start at the intersection
of St. James Place and Kristopher Lane and terminate at a cul-de-sac.
The length of the road is 450 feet with a road width of 50 feet.
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6-2-1992 ATM Art. 11
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Voted that the town accept as town ways the
roads listed below, each as laid out as shown on the respective plans
and reports filed in the office of the Town Clerk pursuant to MGL
c. 82, §§ 21, 22 and 23:
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Ryan Road will start at the intersection of
Lunenburg Road and Ryan Road and terminate at a cul-de-sac. The length
of the road is 1,150 feet with a road width of 50 feet.
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4-25-1995 ATM Art. 43
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Voted that the town accept as a town way Laurel
Woods Drive so-called, beginning at the intersection with Old City
Road thence running northerly some 6,375 feet, being the entire length
with a forty-foot width ending at the intersection with Bailey Road
as shown on the respective plans and reports filed in the office of
the Town Clerk pursuant to MGL c. 82, §§ 21, 22 and
23, as amended.
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9-9-1997 STM Art. 51
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Voted to discontinue as a public way, including
the discontinuance of maintenance of the way Barker Hill Road Branch
(from Dudley Road to Barker Hill Road) 978 feet
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9-9-1997 STM Art. 52
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Voted to discontinue as a public way, including
the discontinuance of maintenance of the way Bayberry Hill Road from
its intersection with Lunenburg Road commencing westerly approximately
633 feet thence running 1,244 feet in a westerly direction
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9-9-1997 STM Art. 53
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Voted to discontinue as a public way, including
the discontinuance of maintenance of the way Fessenden Hill Road commencing
northerly approximately 900 feet after No. 3 Fessenden Hill thence
running to the New Hampshire state line for a distance of 5,280 feet
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5-6-2003 ATM Art. 23
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Voted that the Town accept as a Town way Granite
Road as laid out by the Board of Selectmen on April 22, 2003, and
as shown on a definitive subdivision plan #2430 recorded at the Middlesex
Registry of Deeds in plan #637 of 2000 in Plan Book 31510, page 256,
extending westerly from Haynes Road for a distance of 400 feet
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5-6-2003 ATM Art. 27
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Voted that the Town accept as a Town way Hillside
Drive as laid out by the Board of Selectmen on March 25, 2003, and
as shown on a definitive subdivision plan #1129 of 1998 recorded at
the Middlesex Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 29229, page 132, extending
westerly from Townsend Hill Road for a distance of 2,600 feet
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5-6-2003 ATM Art. 28
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Voted that the Town accept as a Town way Horseshoe
Drive as laid out by the Board of Selectmen on October 22, 2002, and
as shown on a definitive subdivision plan #331 recorded at the Middlesex
Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 24449, page 25, extending southwesterly
from Mason Road for a distance of 1,700 feet
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10-21-2003 STM Art. 38
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Voted that the Town accept as a Town way Madison Avenue as laid
out by the Board of Selectmen on September 16, 2003, and as shown
on a definitive subdivision plan entitled “Definitive Subdivision
of Land in Townsend, MASS prepared for Darleen and Wendy, L.L.C. by
David E. Ross Associates Inc. Plan #1072 of 2003” recorded in
the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds Book 36614, page 304,
extending approximately 490 feet southeasterly from Warren Road
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5-1-2007 ATM Art. 23
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Voted that the Town rename that section of Old City Road joining
New Fitchburg Road and Vinton Pond Road to Wares Road in commemoration
of the family living there in revolutionary times, who sent three
sons to the war
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6-2-2009 ATM Art. 21
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Voted that the Town accept the layout of Peter J. Drive as a
public Town way, as shown on a definitive subdivision plan #389 recorded
at the Middlesex Registry of Deeds in Plan Book #2005, page 389, extending
southerly from Dudley Road for a distance of 750 +/- feet
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5-3-2016 ATM Art. 30
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Voted to accept Alyssa Drive extending westerly from Ash Street
with a length of approximately 3,350 feet and a right -of-way width
of 50 feet as a Town way; to include three drainage easements labeled
" Drainage Easement 1, "Drainage Easement 2" and "Drainage Easement
3" as shown on a plan entitled " Plan of Easement – Alyssa Drive"
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5-3-2016 ATM Art. 31
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Voted to accept Trophy Avenue, having an approximate length
of 504 feet and a right-of-way of 50 feet as a Town way; including
a drainage easement on Lot 7 of approximately 8,993 square feet, access
easement A on Lot 7 to open space of approximately 3,117 square feet
and access easement B on Lot 7 to open space of approximately 16,780
square feet
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5-2-2023 ATM Art. 20
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Voted that the Town accept as a public way a certain portion
of the roadway known as Harbor Trace Road and Cooperage Way and further
to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire any necessary interests
in said Harbor Trace Road and Cooperage Way as further described in
the warrant
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