[CPEO-BIF] "Sen. Chris Murphy tours downtown Torrington [Connecticut], highlights need for additional brownfield remediation"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Sen. Chris Murphy tours downtown Torrington, highlights need for additional brownfield remediation

By Ryan Flynn
Torrington Register Citizen CT)
August 7, 2014


TORRINGTON - U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, toured downtown Torrington Wednesday, led by Mayor Elinor Carbone, two other local dignitaries and an escort of police and government aides. Carbone pointed out some highlights—KidsPlay Museum on Main Street, the recently-opened Irish pub O’Connor’s Public House on East Main Street—before halting at Five Points Gallery to view some of the artwork on display.

State Reps. Michelle Cook, D-65, and Roberta Willis, D-64, joined Carbone and Murphy on the downtown tour.

Murphy chatted with artist Jason Wallengren, whose work will be on display during the opening reception of “When Marco Polo Saw Elephants” this Friday at Five Points at 6 p.m. Kathryn Myers and Ebenezer Singh will also be featured.

Turning down Franklin Street, Murphy’s convoy passed Late’s and Sawyer’s Bar and Grille before halting by the Naugatuck River to view the blighted Nidec Building across the water, hovering just below the horizon.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.registercitizen.com/general-news/20140807/sen-chris-murphy-tours-downtown-torrington-highlights-need-for-additional-brownfield-remediation

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
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