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Town of Lunenburg 
Historical Commission 
 Rebecca Lantry, Chair Richard McGrath, member    
Cullen Dwyer, Clerk    
Jennifer Sanderson, member 
Bill Lakso, member 
Meeting Minutes 
February 4th, 2020, 6:30PM, Ritter Building 960 Massachusetts Avenue 
ATTENDANCE/QUORUM 
Meeting Opened by Chair Lantry at 6:30 with Lantry, McGrath, Sanderson, Lakso and Dwyer present. 
REVIEW OF MINUTES: 
Minutes from the January 8th meeting were read and approved. 
PRESENT BUSINESS: 
Demolition requests: none 
Historic District signs: the final design of the signs was selected and approved by unanimous vote.  They shall read 
“historic district” and not “historical district”. 
Community Preservation Act- Lantry was finally able to contact the Community Preservation Coalition.  The Coali-
tion is presently down to just two members, and lacks the educational resources we had hoped for.  The Historical 
Commissioners must themselves study the Community Preservation Act, educate the town, and gather the support of 
boards and committees.  But time is short if the CPA is to be voted on at the May town meeting.  Lantry will draft a 
warrant article to be deliberated at the next meeting in early March. 
UNFINISHED BUSINESS 
Dwyer asked about what had happened to the new weather vane for town hall?  It is believed to reside in the attic of 
Town Hall.  It may not have been installed due to structural concerns about the spire.  McGrath will confirm. 
NEW BUSINESS 
Chuck Venezia of the Historical Society was notified of a logging application for woods on property abutting his 
own, off of Massachusetts Avenue, near Arbor Street.  He was concerned that historic stone walls would be dis-
turbed by the logging.  The Commission agreed to recommend that the application not be approved without the stip-
ulation that the stone walls be preserved, or re-built if disturbed. 
Next Meeting: Scheduled for March 3rd, 2020 
Meeting adjourned: at 8:00