Mrs Lyon Receives Garden Club Horticultural Award
Mrs Marjorie Lyon of Beacon Hill Garden Club earns the Garden Club of America Horticultural Award for propagating Sequoia Redwood in this climate and for efforts in preserving endangered plant species. Her estate hosts rare trees including a 90 year old redwood planted by her mother, a Chinese cydrella, a love tree, and a Russian olive, alongside a beech, English larch, and Kentucky coffee tree amid rock and water gardens in a nineteenth century English garden setting.
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Marjorie Lyon
Garden Club of America
Beacon Hill Garden Club
Lyon
Two town officials clash in town hall dispute
In a town hall confrontation between Democratic Town Committee Chair Frank Balzano and School Committeeman Joseph Vento, Balzano alleges Vento punched him twice while Vento claims Balzano slapped him and grabbed a headlock. Vento faces assault questions with arraignment set for July 30. Balzano hospitalized with facial injuries.
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Democratic Town Committee
Frank Balzano
Joseph Vento
Vento
Balzano
Justice of the Peace
Anthony R Berretto
Hall
SS Town Hall
Orlando Bisbano
Board of
Board of Canvassers
Bisbano
Rhode Island
Heritage Restaurant stairway height under zoning review
The Zoning Board. of Review debates the Heritage Restaurant two story staircase on Thames Street and whether it requires removal if only a one story approval was granted. Town solicitor to study May minutes while possible legal action targets Building Inspector Murgia over permitting decisions.
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Zoning Board of Review
Thames St
Emilio Iannuccillo
John Murgia
Murgia
Lucien
Montaro
Zoning Board
Georgina Macdonald
Bruce Cunard
Everett
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Martha Newcomb
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Burdett
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