Garden Club plans park on Saugatuck River site
Westport Garden Club civic committee with Eloise Ray outlines a passive three acre marsh park named Grace K Salmon Memorial Park on Imperial Avenue landfill. Funded by Salmon Fund, the project aims to beautify and attract birds, developed since 1971 with plantings and marsh restoration as grasses and shrubs reestablish after subsidence.
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Imperial Avenue
Saugatuck
Westport Garden Club
Westport
Eloise Ray
Westport Women’s Club
Grace K. Salmon
Salmon Fund
Winifred Balboni
Club
Civics
Salmon Memorial Park
Garden Club
John Sherwood
Anthony Balboni
Norwalk May Oppose Westport Minnybus Grants
Norwalk officials consider protesting a Westport Transit District grant request totaling 216,688 in federal and state aid. Mayor Jennie F. Cave has not decided whether to block the funds, with Norwalk citing regional housing and minority employment issues as the basis.
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Westport
Norwalk
Jennie F. Cave
Norwalk Hour
Joseph Tamsky
Westport Transit District
Minnybus
South Western Regional Planning Agency
Cave
Tamsky
Bennett Boeschenstein
Condominium Sale Rules Move Toward Tightening Regulation
A Connecticut General Law Committee subcommittee finalizes a 49 page bill to regulate condo sales after six years of study and hearings. Proposals require escrow of part of developers profits until promises are fulfilled to protect buyers amid recurring horror stories.
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Hartford
General Law Committee
Albert Webber
New Haven
Richard Willard
East Hartford
Schools plan $344,966 budget cuts at Bedford district
Superintendent Kenneth Brummel and staff finalized a $344,966 cut list for Board of Education approval. The plan eliminates the WIMP program at junior high and ends the Talcott Mountain Science Program, affecting gifted students and various services and policies. The Board meets Tuesday night at Bedford Junior High School.
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Kenneth Brummel
Board of Education
Bedford Junior High School
Brummel
Rudolph Mutter
WIMP
Westporter’s Bangladesh visit highlights bonds via Jamuna
Kamala Lakhdhir a 12 year old from Westport described her five day visit to Jamuna a 12 year old sponsored child in Kulkurmai Bangladesh through Save the Children Federation. She traveled from Bombay via Chittagong to meet Jamuna face to face and bring American culture to her village.
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India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Kulkurmai
Chittagong
Save the Children Federation
Westport
Jamuna
Kamala Lakhdhir
Bolton Lane
Kamala
Bedford Junior High School
Bombay
Wilton Road
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