Five Things to Know Today: June 13 [Asa Parlin House]

1. "The Asa Parlin House," 17 Woodbury Lane, Acton: The house is eerie on the outside and decrepit on the inside. No one has been living there for many years and the Town of Acton purchased the property back in the 1990's in order to properly create parking for the Acton Memorial Library/Town Hall complex.

2. , Acton's Municipal Properties Director did a study in the late 1990's to get a ballpark idea of what it would cost to restore the building and determined that the amount of deterioration made it economically infeasible. A new study is being done and the Town hired architecture firm Menders, Torry & Spencer, Inc. to take another look at it.

3. Your input is valuable to this process and can be heard at a public forum today, June 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Faulkner Room of the .

4. the Acton Patch interview with previous owner of the "Asa Parlin House," Molly (Vaillancourt) Lyttle.

5. on whether or not the Town should preserve or demolish the vacant home.

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