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“This ‘Voluntary Remediation’ should be about making what minuscule amount of green space remains on the west side of town a healthy and safe space where the community need not worry, rather than a cap that allows PCBs to drop out the bottom into the water.” – Dawn Fortunato Continue Reading →
The community turned out in force to endorse Langan’s proposed Alternative #2 for removal of two feet of soil. Continue Reading →
In the 1937, feisty Democrat Josephine Evaristo and her Chickahominy neighbors hired a lawyer to fight Greenwich’s plans to locate an incinerator on two tracts of land: 4-1/2 acres known as the Tesei tract, and 10 acres known as the Adsit property. They lost. Continue Reading →
State Rep (R-151) recalls when he was 8, accompanying his father on his hauling route in Greenwich. On the road by 4:00am, the route ended at the dump, where Camillo described a maze of dirt paths that meandered around piles of leaves, brush and rocks. He recalls trucks that backed up to open pits. “Not being a scientist, I can only go by my gut. But you didn’t want to plant a garden at the dump,” Camillo said. Continue Reading →