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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1968
Page
1
The Bristol League of Women Voters has become a recognized local league after provisional status. The March 12 1968 national acceptance followed a Monday meeting at Mrs H V S Tingleys home. The April 15 annual meeting will set the local program and approve officers by laws and budget.
Preliminary plans for a large scale complex of 200 to 225 garden apartments were unveiled by Joseph M. Brito and attorney Albert A. Nutini at a town council meeting. Two rezoning petitions seek to convert about 20 acres between Hope Street and Sherry Avenue south of Chestnut Street from LR to GR and to rezone Lot 8, Assessors Plat 1, from LR to GR. The project to be financed by a federal low income housing loan would include rents around 105 to 150 dollars and requires a public hearing April 24 at 7 PM.
Patrolman Frank Almeida of the Bristol Police reports about 150 calls from homeowners with flooded cellars and broken furnaces as a weekend rainstorm drenched the area for more than 24 hours. He notes some callers demanded action, but the rain could not be stopped.
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