UPS and Teamsters strike ends after 15 days in 5 year contract
UPS and the Teamsters reach a five year deal ending a 15 day strike that halted 185,000 workers. The agreement includes 10,000 new full time jobs, a $3.10 per hour raise for full timers, and pension protections. Pilots remain without a contract as talks resume next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UPS
Union
Washington
Teamsters
James Kelly
Atlanta
United Parcel Service
Kelly
Ron Carey
Independent Pilots ‘Association
Cleanup crews begin Parcel C contaminant removal project
H I Stone and Sons Trucking of Southbury leads the Parcel C cleanup removing oil based soil from a downtown site near an Uniroyal factory site. GSI Environmental Services and Land Tech Inc supervise. 4300 tons targeted by Oct 2 within a 45 day window. Soil sent to Chicopee MA facility for asphalt use. Borough pays 334713 dollars for removal and sewer clearing. A follow up drainage modification project is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.I Stone and Sons Trucking
Southbury
GSI Environmental Services
Land Tech Inc
Monroe
GSI
Dan Lynch
Uniroyal Corporation
Lynch
H.I Stone and Sons
Ron Mormile
Clinton marks 51st birthday with quiet Vineyard celebration
On Martha's Vineyard Clinton celebrates his 51st birthday with family and a few celebrity friends at Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen’s Chilmark farmhouse. Details are guarded as questions linger about attendance including singer James Taylor and the White House press office stays mum.
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Edgartown
Mass
Manhattan
Martha’s Vineyard
Clinton
Ted Danson
Mary Steenburgen
Arkansas
Chilmark
Hillary Rodham Clinton
White House
James Taylor
Barry Torv
Radio City Music Hall
New York City
Whoopi Goldberg
Library farewell to beloved children's librarian Terri Rung
Terri Rung will leave the Howard Whittemore Children's Library on August 29 after seven years. She says the staff feels like family and cherishes the hugs from visiting children. A town farewell party is planned August 27 with a memory album for Rung.
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Terri Rung
Rung
Howard Whittemore Children’s Library
Ring
Amg
Terri
Joan Lamb
Lamb
Marilyn Schiaroli
Beacon Falls residents to vote on seven ordinances
Beacon Falls residents will vote at a Town Meeting Monday at 7 p.m. on seven proposed ordinances. Topics include banning roaming dogs and defining duties of the Board of Assessors. Changes aim to update administration laws ahead of a November election. The town plans to sell a Munson Road parcel for about 41000 with joint ownership by Bridgeport Hydraulic.
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Beacon Falls
First
Cable
Conservation Commission
Inland Wetlands Commission
Munson Road
Jim
Laura Mooney
Bridgeport Hydraulic Firm
Res
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Frank Bruce
Chicopee, Mass
Robert Hill
Laura Myers
Associated Press
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Tara S. Young
New Haven Road
Robert Harrison
Naugatuck Volunteer Ambulance Corps
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