The company owes the town approximately $10,000 in back taxes.
LUDLOW – The Board of Selectmen has approved a common victualer license for Pride Stations and Stores at 478 Center Street, and subsequently scheduled a revocation hearing.
“This will allow time for a change of heart,” said Selectmen Chairman William E. Rooney.
The town has been in a dispute with Robert Bolduc, owner of Pride Stations and Stores over back taxes the town claims it is owed on the prior Pride property at 340 Center Street.
Town Collector Fred Pereira said in a letter to the Board of Selectmen that Pride Stations owes the town approximately $10,000 in back taxes on the station formerly located at 340 Center Street.
Selectmen met with Bolduc in August, but were unable to reach an agreement on the back taxes.
In May Town Meeting members voted to accept the gas station property at 340 Center Street as a gift to the town. Bolduc told selectmen he did not feel responsible for paying back taxes which Pereira says date back to Jan, 2009.
Bolduc agreed to turn in his license for the smaller store when he built the new station and store at 478 Center Street.
At Tuesday’s selectmen’s meeting the board voted to sign a common victualer license for the Pride stores, but at the same time scheduled a revocation hearing for Feb. 1.