With nearly $200,000 in federal funds allocated for its demolition, the former police station building on Plumtrees Road may be on its way to becoming affordable senior housing, if some town officials get their way. The Board of Selectmen voted during its Feb. 27 meeting to use $194,500 in COVID relief money from the American Rescue Plan Act to tear down the old building. “We’re looking at options for affordable senior housing and part of getting (the old police station) out of the way is to that end,” First Selectman Dan Carter said Wednesday. In addition to approving the teardown of the old police station in June 2022, the Board of Selectmen authorized the town finance department to seek bids for remediation and demolition of the vacant facility. No date has been set for the former police station’s demolition, but Carter said he expects it to take place in the next few months.
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