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Monday, September 10, 2012

Bag Ban, Municipal Court, Community Center Study Going Before Councilors

The Barrington Town Council mets tonight, Sept. 10, in Town Hall at 7 pm for its September session.

An ordinance to ban plastic grocery and takeout bags will be introduced at the Barrington Town Council meeting tonight, Sept. 10. The councilors also will deal with the establishment of a municipal court in Barrington. And a request to hire a consultant to determine the financial feasibility of building a community center in Barrington – a significant study that could make or break the project -- is on the agenda. So is a revision to the easement agreement with the Bayside YMCA for the town-owned parking lot next to the ‘Y’ is on the agenda. The meeting starts at 7 pm in the Council Chamber in Town Hall with interviews for vacant positions on the Committee for Renewable Energy for Barrington (CREB) and the Conservation Commission. The …

Gary Morse

3:30 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012

Consider the Youtube story on E Coli 0157H7 putting a woman in a coma! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBRAQx-b7tg Some interesting pictures for all the reusable advocates to think about.   more ›

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Shaw's Beats Barrington to Bag Ban

A Shaw's representative announces that the Barrington store will phase out the use of plastic grocery bags over 90-120 days at a special Town Council meeting Wednesday night to further debate a proposal to ban all plastic bags.

Shaw’s Supermarket plans to ban plastic grocery bags at its Barrington store no matter how the Town Council votes on an ordinance that would eliminate the bags at all retailers in town. The announcement of the ban came at the special public meeting of the Town Council on Wednesday evening, Aug. 22, to further debate the proposal from the Conservation Commission. Steve Sylven, external communications manager for Supervalue, which owns Shaw’s, said the Barrington store would phase in the ban “over the next 90 to 120 days.” “We’ll do it as a trial,” Sylven said, to determine if the ban would put the supermarket at a competitive disadvantage with stores that still offer plastic bags for groceries. The Shaw’s ban brought widespread applause …

Gary Morse

7:05 am on Saturday, August 25, 2012

When the Barrington revaluation lawsuit was heard by Judge Lanphear, the argument put forth by the town was that lawsuits are not a proper way to deal with such matters. As described to the judge, the proper way was that residents take the option at election time to "throw the bums out". Yes, that was the colorful wording used by the town. I think the town attorney was only trying to drive home a…   more ›

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