Click photo to read lettering on the BusSo I guess if you don't trust the professional DPW (who are, after all, at the bottom of the town pay scale) to get the job done on time-even with last minute notification, you call in the convicts.
But don't get me wrong: I believe that hard labor--chain gangs or cycling up Mt. Washington--is a good thing. And in Northampton, the Honor Court (recovering alcoholics) keeping the city clean is a great thing.
But you still have to wonder if these noble efforts by convicts could be put to better use other than sprucing up the most exclusive endeavor in recreation--golf ? (Well, #2 if you count those indoor Japanese downhill ski facilities.)
But hey, at least the Town Manager did not put them to use fixing up his humble abode on Amity Street now up for sale.
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Trial Court Community Service Program
"Our goals are to promote public safety by making participants stakeholders in the community and enrich communities by performing meaningful service." |
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(key word being "meaningful")
