Thursday, November 9, 2017
cheshirecitizen.com
Volume 6, Number 3
Developers plan to raze 7-Eleven By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Developers of a proposed medical office building on Main Street plan to tear down an adjacent 7-Eleven and use the property for parking. Representatives of Cheshire Medical Associates presented their plans for a 41,000 square-foot building to the Planning and Zoning Commission last week. That plan will be modified to include an imaging center in what was a garage on the ground floor. Parking will be moved to the 7-
Eleven property, according to Town Planner William Voelker. From Main Street, the building will appear as having two stories, according to plans presented last week. A bottom and partially underground floor is visible from the sides and back of the building. Half of what was originally planned as parking underneath the building will instead be the imaging center. Anthony Fazzone, an attorney representing Cheshire Medical Associates, couldn’t be
School board OKs contract with principals By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Future site of a medical office building between 7-Eleven and Dunkin Donuts on South Main Street, Tuesday, Oct. 17. | Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
reached for comment. Fazzone told commission members that the building and its design is consistent with the town's Plan of Conservation and Development. Philip Doyle,
also representing the applicants at Tuesday's meeting, said they studied other buildings in Cheshire's central district before design-
The Board of Education unanimously approved a three-year contract for principals and vice principals Nov. 2 that includes higher insurance deductibles, higher employee contributions for health savings accounts and wage increases of 2.25 percent per year. Superintendent of Schools Jeff Solan said he was glad the board approved the contract in a professional and timely manner. “The Board of Education’s unanimous support reflects the respect they have for our See Contract, A10
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Cornwall subdivision approved over objections By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
years of dumping at the site.
The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a 12-lot subdivision on a property near Cornwall Avenue last month.
Complaints to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection resulted in a requirement that developers come up with a dump closure plan.
The former farm of Fred Bens is slated for housing despite the objections of neighbors and concern over
The developer, Clearview Farm Preserve LLC, proposed a 21-lot subdivision last year. State records list
Massachusetts resident Carolyn Kelly as a principal in the company. Anthony Fazzone, an attorney representing the company, submitted a revised plan this summer that included 12 lots and which was approved this month. Town Planner William Voelker said neither plan involved building on the
area where Bens, a former town Public Works director, dumped tires, broken asphalt, oil and other debris. “A developer was never purchasing the dump,” he said. One of the 12 lots is a house and land that’s staying with Bens’ family. Voelker said the commission
got a copy of the dump closure plan this summer. “The commission had to have some confidence. They needed to know where the dump was,” Voelker said. Kevin Jewett, a Cornwall Avenue resident, said he’s still opposed to the subdivision and is trying to raise See Subdivision, A10
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