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Marlborough Hudson An edition of the Community Advocate
Vol. 50 | No. 49 | December 6, 2024
‘Heart of the team’: Connolly leaves her It’s a go for mark on Hudson sports pump station upgrade funding By Evan Walsh Reporter
By Sarah Freedman Contributing Writer HUDSON — Work on wastewater pump stations can begin in town with the passage of Article 5 at the 2024 November Special Town Meeting. On Nov. 18, Hudson residents voted to approve the borrowing of funds to upgrade the town’s pump stations. Article 5 called for borrowing $6.71 million for the purpose of engineering services, replacement, rehabilitation and installation of equipment and facility upgrade within the wastewater pump stations in town. At a Oct. 15 Finance Committee meeting, Director of the Department of Public Works Eric Ryder said the work had been delayed by the pandemic, and after speaking to Executive Assistant Tom Gregory, he explained the need to jump on these upgrades. The pump stations in question were the Johnson Avenue Station, which would have $1.318 million of work done; the Farina and Municipal Drive pump stations, which would both have $1.55 million of work; the Central Street pump station, which would have $853,000 of work; and the Avon pump station, which would have $900,000 of work. At Town Meeting, he said that the pump stations range from 30 to 40 years old, and upgrades are done with the guidance of an asset management program. The five aforementioned pump stations are “the most critical staPump station | 7
HUDSON – Don’t measure Liv Connolly by her height; measure her by her heart. A 4-foot-11-inch Hudson High School sophomore, Connolly is familiar with being the shortest person on the field — it’s something she laughs about with those who know her best. And while she’s “on the short side,” Connolly nonetheless manages to be someone teammates and coaches look up to. “Honestly, I never see [height] as a weakness of hers because I think her heart truly takes over her actual size,” said Head Softball Coach Laura Bowen. “You see athletes that have the build and the size, but if they don’t have the heart and determination, they’re probably not going anywhere. She plays with that all-in mentality. She’s going to give you everything she has. Her size doesn’t affect her at all … She never uses it as an excuse.” New kid on the block Connolly began playing field hockey and
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Liv Connolly is a member of Hudson High School’s field hockey and softball teams. (Photo/Evan Walsh)
City mulls next steps to control rodent population By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor MARLBOROUGH – Now that the six-month pilot program with Modern Pest Solutions has concluded, the city’s Board of Health is considering the next steps to control the rodent population. In February, Mayor J. Christian Dumais
announced a program to deal with the rodents. From April through October, Modern Pest Solutions set up bait boxes to trap and exterminate rodents. According to Director of Public Health Paul Dinwoodie, 215 rodents were captured and killed. With the end of the pilot program, Dinwoodie said, “Now we’re just trying to look
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