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In spite of a strong threat from Ambrose J. Kelly that he will go to the district attorney on Monday morning, Selectmen Chairman George S. Usevich said last night that Winter Street will remain exactly as it is. Ambrose J. Kelly has stated that he will ask the district attorney to enforce the abandonment of the street which was voted by town meeting in June unless the selectmen, by Monday at 10:30 a.m., either call a special town meeting to repeal the abandonment or seal the street off to cars in accord with the law.
However, George S. Usevich said his board has been advised by Town Counsel Justin C. Barton that the town is covered by insurance in the event of an accident on the part of the street still owned by the town and that the town is legally clear in leaving the abandoned section the way it is. He said the road has belonged to the hospital since five days after town meeting voted to abandon it. Ambrose J. Kelly claims the town still owns the road because the abandonment has not gone through at land court in Dedham.
Ambrose J. Kelly claims it is illegal to allow traffic to continue using the street and he wants permanent barriers erected to seal it off or he wants selectmen to admit they blundered and call another town meeting to repeal the abandonment. Five days after town meeting voted the abandonment, the town erected barricades in the street which were subsequently removed by hospital officials.
The town then installed signs on the sidewalk warning, Not a Public Way — Pass At Your Own Risk. George S. Usevich said his board could not decide on any action by Monday anyway since they will not be meeting again for two weeks. He said he had not received anything in writing from Ambrose J. Kelly nor had he talked with him about his concerns, leaving the ongoing municipal dispute unresolved.
Archival Note: This article has been dynamically reconstructed from the original public record print archives of the Patriot Ledger
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