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Westport News

Location

Westport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1973

Page

6

Westport Transit District Proposal Sparks Deliberation

Westport lawmakers debated appointing Green and forming a transit district with power to levy a one cent gasoline tax to fund a mini bus. The measure faces calls for a new referendum while critics warn of excessive power and interference with private taxi services.

Garson Heller Dist. 6 Green Tonkin Irene Novak Republican Town Committee Nancy Hammond Dist. 2 General Assembly Dickinson Westport Lorna Christopherson Dist Stanley Atwood John Gilbertie Gilbertie Michael Gilbertie Westport Taxi Service Roy Dickinson Public Utilities Commission

Dredging Dispute Reopens Over Sand Mound at Campo Beach

New Jersey engineer James Pratt and ex recreation director Stan Francis testified for the defense in a dredging case. The Campo Beach site left a spring 1969 sand mound later removed for town work and sale of 15 000 cubic yards. Sea Land won a roughly $70 000 contract to widen the Cedar Point channel into Long Island Sound.

James Pratt New Jersey Stan Francis Olympia Wash Campo Beach First Kemish Sea Land Cedar Point Saugatuck River Long Island Sound

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