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Department of Public Works Open House

Come celebrate National Public Works Week.  Bring the family and bring the kids to the DPW Open House!  

This popular annual event features displays, demonstrations, and hands on fun:

Fleet Services Maintenance & Repair - Check out the Big Trucks, equipment Show & Tell, see a welding demonstration, and see Town vehicles and police cars being repaired!

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Traffic Systems & Street Signs - Tour the sign shop and see how signs are made and how traffic signals work!

Sanitation & Recycling - Learn why the Town recycles & take home a creation made from recycled material!

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Water & Sewer - View the Water & Sewer pipe camera in action, learn how water is connected to your home, and see the Vactor truck in action!

Parks and Open Space - watch the lift bucket truck elevate to the top of the trees, and plant your own flowers with a Brookline horticulturalist!

Engineering & Transportation - Learn why the Town surveys land and how field measurements are taken using a pedometer!

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