Route 7 reconstruction sparks environmental dispute in Connecticut
Connecticut states Route 7 reconstruction has begun risking about 100 million dollars in lost federal highway funds. Attorney Scott Warner alleges the Inland Wetlands Act was violated and the Department of Transportation proceeded without proper permits, threatening legal action to halt work and protect wetlands while noting potential federal funding loss for the 14.5 mile section and overall 31 mile project from Norwalk to New Milford.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Connecticut
Scott Warner
Salisbury
Environmental Protection and Transportation Departments
Oneglia & Gervasini
D’ Addario
Department of Transporation
Warner
Environmental Protection
Douglas M. Castle
Department of Transportation
Castle
Joseph B. Burns
Burns
Still River
Misser
Massachusetts
Vermont
Norwalk
New Milford
Hartford
Cedar swamp under threat from Seabrook power line
Kingston New Hampshire ecologists warn Atlantic white cedar bog in Kingston could be damaged by a 345 kilovolt line from Seabrook to Londonderry. PSC contends route avoids trees and uses helicopter construction to minimize impact, arguing swamp route saves money and avoids road clearances.
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Society For the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
Kingston Cedar Swamp
Seabrook
Public Service Co
New Hampshire
Scobie
Londonderry
PSC
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Ron King
Directorate of Licensing
Cedar Swamp
Paul Bofinger
Society
Kingston
Lundholm
Bosinger
Life is a ball for Georgia poet Lily Peter
Lily Peter of Marvell Arkansas is the state poet laureate, a cotton planter and gin operator for 48 years with an 8000 acre Mississippi Delta plantation. She supports the arts and bicentennial efforts, mortgaged her farm for concerts by the Philadelphia Orchestra in Little Rock, and funds a Moravian Music Foundation recording. She ties her ancestry to the 1783 Salem Fourth of July service and aims to honor Arkansas Phillips County with cultural gifts.
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Tommy Yates
Marvell
Ark
UPI
Lily Peter
Miss Peter
Arkansas
Mississippi River Delta
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
Little Rock
Peter
Salem
N.C
John Frederik Peter
Moravian Church
America
Moravian Music Foundation
Winston-Salem
Phillips County
Horsemen to repeat early Revere ride across states
Riders from five states plan a Sept schedule retracing Paul Revere's 1774 journey delivering the Suffolk Resolves from Milton to Philadelphia. The expedition, backed by horsemen groups and TRA, moves through Dedham, Sturbridge, Stafford Springs, Hartford, Rye, the George Washington Bridge, Princeton, Trenton, and Philadelphia, ending Sept 15.
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New York
UPI
Paul Revere
Revere
America
Five States
Milton
Mass
Constitution Hall
Philadelphia
Concord
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
North American Trail Ride Conference
New England
Grand Circuit
United States Trotting Association
Massachusetts Horsemen’s Council
Dedham
Sturbridge
Connecticut Horse Council
Stafford Springs
Conn
Connecticut
Hartford
Meriden
Empire State Horsemen’s Association
Square House
Rye
N.Y
George Washington Bridge
New Jersey Horse Council
Princeton
Trenton
Washington’s Crossing
Pennsylvania
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By Mark Miller
Brenda Rotzoll
N.H
Don Lundholm
Georgia
Poe
Bennington
Savings & Loan Association
Main Street
Benningtons
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