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Remediation activities on Hoyt Island. (Norwalk Land Trust) NORWALK, Conn. The Norwalk Land Trust is seeking $200,000 of City funds to clean up contamination on Hoyt Island. “This is a huge, huge project for us, we need help. And you guys have always been a been there for us when we needed help,” Norwalk Land Trust fundraising chairperson Midge Kennedy said to the Conservation Commission recently. Although the Land Trust got a $100,000 grant from the State in 2018, through State Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-25), the costs to clean up asbestos and PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyl) have escalated, Norwalk Land Trust Board President Seeley Hubbard said. Toxic materials are there in “heavier concentrations than we thought were possible” and it’s estimated that $300,000 is needed to remediate in accordance with Environmental Protection Agency and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) guidelines. ....
Mattapoisett Town Hall. Photo by: Grace Ballenger MATTAPOISETT Voters at the May 10 Town Meeting will be asked to approve a temporary tax hike to fund road repair and change the name of the town’s governing board to the gender-neutral Select Board. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 10, at Old Rochester Regional High School. All registered Mattapoisett voters are entitled to attend and participate. Attendees will be asked to weigh in on a variety of municipal issues. Voters will be asked to allow Selectmen to temporarily override the tax-limiting Proposition 2½, to take on $450,000 in debt for a project to improve Main Street, Water Street, Beacon Street and Marion Road. ....
By ROMAN USCHAK Credits: Roman Uschak April 1, 2021 at 9:00 AM BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater Township is forging ahead on funding local road and sewer projects this spring, plus two sets of building demolitions, while also keeping an eye out for winter weather should it somehow rear its head again. The town council unanimously approved several resolutions at its March 18 meeting. The first was to increase road salt invoices, to a maximum of $145,000. Township administrator Michael Pappas said the measure is fully funded, and that the cold weather had caused the municipality to utilize more salt this year. Sign Up for Bridgewater/Raritan Newsletter ....
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Stonington The Board of Finance voted unanimously Wednesday night to contribute up to $300,000 to help preserve 220 acres of land off Al Harvey Road. The tentative funding model calls for the town to contribute the money from its $375,000 Open Space Fund to the $1.15 million purchase price for the land. It also calls for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to contribute $580,000 and the Aquarion Water Co. another $230,000 for as conservation easement. None of the other funding has yet been committed and the $230,000 could end up being a combination of other funding sources, according to the Trust for Public Land. The town s support and commitment, though, will help the Trust for Public Land, which negotiated the purchase and is assisting the town, to raise the additional funds for the purchase. ....