Lead paint won't deter Authority purchase
The Housing Authority will proceed with buying an Edgewood Avenue apartment building despite a study showing high lead levels. Board members voted to move forward after receiving $125,000 in local Community Development funding, with Executive Director Tom Crawford saying the site will not pose a health risk to tenants significant enough to halt the purchase.
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Connecticut Republicans brace for tough 1991 session
Greenwich four state legislators anticipate a demanding session with a $2.2 billion deficit and an independent governor. Republican Dorothy Osler, Janet Lockton and William Nickerson predict hard choices on spending cuts and structural fiscal reforms, while Nickerson notes Democratic openness to cuts but ties future direction to Governor elect Lowell Weicker Jr.’s budget ideas.
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Janet K. Lockton
William H. Nickerson
State Senate
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Connecticut
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Lowell P. Weicker Jr
American student returns home from Swiss exchange year
Gregory Newton, Greenwich High School class of 1989, now a freshman at Sarah Lawrence College, discusses his year in Switzerland with AFS. He lived with a Swiss family in Uetendorf while attending a teacher training college in Thun. He notes greater course freedom at Sarah Lawrence and the self driven study culture. Continued on Page 33
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Uetendorf
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Greenwich
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