Volume 3, Number 13
Cheshire’s Hometown Newspaper
www.cheshirecitizen.com
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Council mulls name change for open space area
A DAY OF KINDNESS
By Jeff Gebeau The Cheshire Citizen
The town is considering changing the name of its largest parcel of open space from the Dime Savings Property to the Yankee Expressway Highlands. The 300-acre property lies between the north side of Interstate 84 and the Wolcott town line. Cheshire acquired it for about See Council / Page 2
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Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty was among those who answered the call to help in A Day of Kindness for the Cheshire Food Pantry on Saturday, Dec. 13. Patty Hartmann, CFP director, sought volunteers to sort, date-check, box and shelve the hundreds of pounds of donations made during the recent Cheshire Police Department’s Stuff a Sleigh event at Stop & Shop. Esty staff members, food pantry volunteers, and Cheshire residents worked together to make fast work of the task. | Joy VanderLek / The Cheshire Citizen
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Town Council votes to amend deal for pool dome construction By Jeff Gebeau The Cheshire Citizen
At its Dec. 9 meeting, the Town Council voted 6-2 to amend Cheshire’s agreement with Arizon Cos., the St. Louis-based firm selected to design and build a permanent cover for the community
pool, to allow it to handle design and construction for all components of the project at a cost of $3,129,000. Councilors also approved the design and budget for the project submitted by the company. Republican Councilors Rob Oris, Sylvia Nichols, and Chairman Timothy P. Slocum
joined Democrats Peter Talbot, Patti Flynn-Harris and Liz Linehan in support of the measure. Republicans James M. Sima and Vice Chairman David Schrumm opposed it. The vote paves the way for construction to begin in April 2015. The target date for the pool to open is Sept. 6. It will
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Flynn-Harris expressed reservations about the contingency budget. “I’ve never seen any construction job that has not had change orders” that result in cost increases, she said. Keith Goldberg of Arcadis, See Pool / Page 2
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