The new Amity Town Office sign recently erected by two of the Town's Selectmen looks nice as one drives by. The dark blue lettering on the bright white background surrounded by a sturdy wooden frame is eye-catching and easily readable. However, stopping on July 20th for a closer look revealed a glaring error.

Amity was incorporated March 19, 1836 - not 1938. The incorporation date is only off by 102 years! 

Recorded history tells us that Edmund Cone took the Articles of Incorporation to Augusta on March 18, 1836. The next day, March 19, 1836, Governor Robert P. Dunlap signed the papers officially designating Number 10 as the Town of Amity. Thus making Amity 181 years old; not the youthful 79 years old shown on the new sign.

It should be easy to correct since the lettering is just stick on numbers. Just move the 8 over where the 9 is, flip the 9 into a 6 and and stick it on the end. That should fix it. Although one has to wonder how such a huge mistake could slip past our town officials.

While speaking with Town Manager Margaret Frye this morning (July 26.2017); she said that she noticed the typographical error about a week and half ago. She is working on getting the sign corrected. We had a good laugh.It really is funny that the error was not noticed when Selectmen Joe Ledger and Glenn Williams erected the sign or by the many who must have seen it, including myself because I really had not paid much attention to it until I stopped at the Town Office last week. 

The new Amity Town Office sign now displays the correct date of Incorporation.

A typographical error in an email sent to Acott's by the Town Manager made the town young again; even if only for a little while.

In trying to read the worn town seal, the Town Manager mistook the 6 for an 8; it is easy enough to bump between keys and have the wrong number come up.

Shortly after Town Manager Margaret Frye caught the 9, Larry Hamilton caught the 8 and was corrected in a little over a week. Acott's Custom Painting and Detailing did a great job lettering the new sign.

Most folks passing by probably never even realized there was mistake because the sign is readily visible and quite eye-catching at 50 miles per hour so most would never notice the date of incorporation at that spped. The sign should end the often asked question always asked by new folks to town, "Just where is the Town Office?"