PALERMO — Hilda Leeman recently received the historic Boston Post Cane, for being the oldest resident of Palermo. The award was presented by Dean Potter, Cheryl York and Holly Harman, members of the Palermo Select Board in a ceremony attended by Leeman’s family and neighbors. Attending were Norman and Sharon Leeman of Palermo; Norris and Rosie Leeman, of War, Mass.; James and Sandra Metcalf, of North Brookfield, Mass.; and friends Barry and Ann Richardson, of South Carolina.

Leeman and her husband Lloyd, now deceased, lived on Leeman Arm Road for many years. For a period of time in the 1950s and 60s Hilda, Lloyd were residents of Ware, Mass. where they were employed in the Woolen Industry. Currently, Leeman is a resident at Tall Pines in Belfast. She will celebrate her 93rd birthday Dec. 28.