It was the kind of township meeting that could happen only in West Marlborough.
The thunderstorm that broke the heat wave on July 3 hit with little warning and great intensity. The rain was beating down on the roof of the township hall/garage so hard that it was difficult to hear the person next to you, and the ferocious wind was blowing the rain in through the wide-open garage doors.
The farmers in the audience who had gotten their hay cut and baled expressed relief; those who hadn't said ruefully they were sure their fields would be completely flattened by the storm.
At the height of the storm township road boss Hugh Lofting Jr. drove in from his house to fire up his payloader and start clearing blown-over trees that were blocking roads (among them Tapeworm Road, Apple Grove Road, Newark Road and Route 82 near the Kennels).
During Susan Elks' presentation about the county planning commission's latest Landscapes plan, a tiny toad started hopping across the floor behind her.
And as it does at every township meeting, more than one person said how special the township is and how fortunate they are to live there. Does this happen in any other municipality?
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