Manchester Select Board Appoints Interim Trustees for New Senior Center Condo

MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA — April 21, 2026 — Manchester-by-the-Sea Select Board appoints interim trustees for new senior center condo and previews contentious Town Meeting warrant. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to name Town Administrator Tony and Select Board member Brian as interim trustees of the Senior Community Center and Sonic Hall condominium trust for a term not to exceed nine months, acting after members concluded the Declaration of Trust's 10-day clock had begun running when the town closed on the property. The most contested warrant article — Article 6, seeking $350,000 from the Parks and Recreation revolving fund for full construction documents on the senior center renovation — was debated at length but no board recommendation was made, with members agreeing to hear the Finance Committee's concerns at a joint session Thursday before Town Meeting. The town's snow and ice spending reached approximately $345,000 against a $145,000 appropriation across 23 events, with hired equipment alone hitting $166,000 against a $25,000 budget; a $250,000 free cash appropriation to cover the shortfall will appear on the warrant. On the Lincoln Street Well PFAS project, Waterline Industries submitted the apparent low bid at $11.29 million, with total project costs estimated at roughly $15.5 million once treatment equipment is added.