[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT - Middletown (CT) proposed training center

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Middletown residents rally against proposed army base

By Justin LaSelva
Wesleyan Argus (CT)
February 1, 2008

Residents, city officials and state representatives are at odds with the 
U.S. Army's plans to build a vast new training center in Middletown. At 
the heart of the issue is the Army's choice of site: an area of woods 
and grassland along Freeman Road, which residents and environmental 
advocates say would mean the end of one of the last remaining parcels of 
rural land in Middletown.

At a crowded and often contentious public hearing at City Hall last 
week, Diane McCartin, a representative from the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, fielded questions from residents, the mayor, environmental 
groups, the Common Council and other concerned citizens.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wesleyanargus.com/article/5799

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