Volume 21, Number 4
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Thursday, March 16, 2017
Library hosts discussion on refugees
Town officials mull options for Kensington Dam’s future
By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
The Town Council is considering repairing or removing Kensington Dam on Railroad Pond.
Volunteers for a local refugee advocacy organization will speak at Berlin-Peck Memorial Library later this month.
“I have to present the options,” said Jack Healy, temporary town manager and public works director.
“They’re different from immigrants,” said Hope Lennartz, a volunteer for Refugee Advocacy Services. “The only way they can save their families is to leave.”
Healy said at a meeting Tues-
The Mattabasset River flows through a snowy landscape into Railroad Pond. | File photo, The Berlin Citizen
day, March 7 that the town was required to take action after state inspections called for repairs. The town hired Macchi Engineers to do a study that determined re-
pairs would cost $1.2 million and removal would cost $1.1 million. “I think we need to talk to the See Dam, A2
History event to focus on old train station By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
The Berlin Historical Society is giving residents a chance to share their memories of the old Berlin train depot in downtown Kensington.
The Berlin Train Station in 1900 following a fire. | Bill Sample, Contributed
Syrian refugees
Lennartz and Abdullah, left, Fatema, fellow volun- right, and their son teer Solange Ayham, 5, in New Rossignol Haven. | Pat Eaton-Robb, will be at the Associated Press library on Wednesday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m. Most of the refugees that their organization helps are from Syria. “Aleppo is pretty much gone, most of the cities are gone, most are in rubble,” Lennartz said. “These are just folks that got stuck in the crossfire.”
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The dam, also known as Railroad Pond Dam or Marjorie Moore Dam, holds water from the Mattabesset River to create the pond. The last time the dam was fixed was 35 years ago.