Select board approves grant application

 ASHLAND-At their Mon­day evening meeting, the Ashland selectmen approved a $500,000 grant application for the old elementary school, discussed a proposal for nighttime ballpark lights, approved an assessing con­tract and dealt with several other issues. Miriam Brown of Tri County Community Action Program (TCCAP) presented a proposal for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application to be made in the town's name for the preservation and reuse of the old Ashland elementary school by TCCAP. The $500,000 grant would help to install Headstart and other TCCAP programs in the his­toric school building. Brown explained that TCCAP was close to obtaining the deed for the building. There was little discussion at the public hearing. The selectmen vot­ed to allow TCCAP to make the CDBG application.