Finance board urged to restore $520,000 to town budget
In a six hour session the Finance Board heard town officials and department heads plead for restoring $520,000 of an $18 million budget, seeking back 1.3 mills in taxes for 1972 43. The Board of Education Aspetuck Valley Health District led requests for full restitution of cuts, with Library Public Works and Fire departments asking for partial restorations to protect programs.
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Finance Board
Board of Finance
Board of Selectmen and Board of Education
Board of Education
Aspetuck Valley Health District
Leonard Revins
Aspetuck Valley Health District Board
Jack Slater
Library Board
Public Works Department
Fire Department
Dreadful traffic muddle near new Lee's Pond development
Residents and officials describe a half paved road fiasco near Lee's Pond with a released builder bond and no police traffic control. One way signs were removed causing bidirectional traffic, near misses, and concerns about school buses avoiding the area.
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Lee’s Pond
First
Richmondville Avenue
Lee’s Lane
Police Department
Oak Street
Maplewood Avenue
Clinton Avenue
North Main Street
Willowbrook Cemetery
Inside Hi-Lites and Zone Hearing Page Teasers
Brief page teasers announce Zone hearing on page 3 and rights forum on page 10. Seniors feature on page 27 and track triumph with Staples sluggers on page 32.
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Rights Forum
Westport debates $2 million marina amid boat traffic worry
At a public hearing in the Longshore clubhouse Donald A. Saddlemire of the Recreation Commission outlined a proposed 2 million dollar marina at Hendricks Point for 500 boats. More than 350 residents heard from neighbors and boat owners about mooring space, with divisions between waterfront residents and would be sea users on the Saugatuck River.
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W.C. Rockwell
Westport
Recreation Commission
Hendrick’s Point
Donald A. Saddlemire
Saddlemire
Saugatuck River
Connecticut Offers Westport $1 Lease on Railroad Land
The state offered Westport a five year lease on 2.4 acres of railroad land near Saugatuck Station for one dollar while blocking private development. The Commuters Action Committee seeks a moratorium on lease or sale near railroads and favors municipal leasing with eventual state purchase estimated at 17 million dollars. First Selectman Kemish says town priority and town land must be respected before any development with Westport to be consulted on state property plans.
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Saugatuck Station
Commuters Action Committee
Fairfield County
Meskill
Westport
CAC
Boston-Washington
Connecticut Transportation
Kanell
Narell
Kemish
First Selectman
John Kemish
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Mark Rct
Board of Ed
Louis Rosenau
Leonard Rovins
John
Alan A. Parsell
John Leeming
Staples
Bob Lazar
Rap
State
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