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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1973
Page
8
Campaign launched continues with plans to form area committees to meet residents. About 50 percent of the town is sewered, and organizers say reaching those with sewers is key to winning support. They argue expansion will relieve overtaxed areas and benefit public health.
A limited charter amendment for the Bristol sewer project seeks approval from the General Assembly to finance up to 162 million in bonds with a referendum set for April 17 if approved. Construction would run about ten years starting 1974, with 7 million for plant upgrade, 22 million for pumping stations, and 177 million for sewers financed by grants, assessments, and taxes.
A man could hold in his wallet a collection of the world s rarest postage stamps valued at about half a million dollars or more while fitting the entire accumulation in a single wallet.
Representative Henry W Pacheco proposes to move the First District Court sessions back to Bristol County Courthouse on Fridays in Bristol. The plan would restore Friday sittings to Bristol for local residents, with exceptions when Friday is a holiday.
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