[CPEO-MEF] Weymouth air base transfer turns a page in history

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THE HINGHAM JOURNAL
Weymouth air base transfer turns a page in history
By Jeanne m. Rideout/jrideout@cnc.com
Thursday, June 5, 2003

History was made when the United States Government returned the first
portion of the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station to Weymouth,
Rockland, and Abington.

The ink on this page in history would not have been penned without the
skill and determination of US Congressman William Delahunt, according to
John W. Rogers, interim executive director of the South Shore Tri-Town
Development Corporation, the local agency in charge of base
redevelopment. Rogers also serves as chairman of the corporation's board
of directors.

Rogers believes that the Navy, impatient with the slow pace of
redevelopment, would have followed through with last fall's threat to
auction off the former air base, if not for Delahunt.

This article can be viewed at:
http://www.townonline.com/hingham/news/local_regional/hj_newhjjeannastransfer06052003.htm

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