t their meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 18, the selectmen approved using the services of urbanmineres, pending approval from the Board of Finance, to remove a house on the Coe property. When the town bought the property for open space, the state stuck the town with the removal of that house, Brayshaw said. As there is an animal habitat in the area, the state requires that the habitat not be destroyed. In order to have minimal impact on the area, the selectmen approved urbanmineres who will take the house apart piece by piece without the typical destruction scenario. urbanmineres can remove an entire building to ground level, and almost all of the building’s materials are reused or recycled. The cost for the project is about $26,000, and the town had budgeted $40,000 to get it done. ( Town Times of Middlefield, Durham and Rockfall, 9-28-07, page 17).
