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Volume 16, Number 31
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Republicans primary for school board, Town Council By Devin Leith-Yessian The Citizen
Two sitting Republican Board of Education members will be running in a primary on Tuesday, Sept. 10, one seeking to retain a board seat and another looking to win a spot on the party’s ticket for Town Council. School board vice chairwoman Nicole Palmieri said she feels the 34 Republican Town Committee members who selected the party’s endorsed candidates don’t represent the views of all Republican voters in town. She is hoping to win the pri-
Incumbent Lori Consalvo is seeking a spot among the four Republican slots for the Board of Education. She was appointed to the board on Aug. 20, 2018, after the resignation of then-chair Andrea Saunders, who moved out-of-state. Palmieri
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mary and a spot on the party’s line for a Town Council seat. “I think it would be helpful to have someone who understands the Board of Education budget be on the
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Town Council,” she said. “The Board of Education budget is very detailed and I think members on the Town Council don’t get as (much) of an in-depth look.”
“I just feel since I spent the entire year on the board I've learned so much and I don't want that to go to waste,” Consalvo said, adding that she only missed a party endorsement by two votes. “I also worked hard with the budget and worked See Republicans, A7
Plan to improve water quality unveiled venience to many people," Donald Vaughan, the water company’s president, told Representatives of Valley the Town Council during its Water Systems have unveiled Aug. 19 meeting. a plan to install water softThe installation of treatment ening equipment at one of equipment would cost over its two wellfields to reduce $2 million to construct and the presence of minerals $63,000 a year to operate, that residents have blamed according to an engineering for damaged appliances. study. Vaughan estimated "While it has been safe and that the construction will reliable over the years, the lead to a rate increase of fact of the matter is that it around 18 percent for cushas had some aesthetic istomers. The company has sues which I think have been not increased rates since well chronicled. And these 2010. aesthetic issues come from Water softening refers to the any number of things, but process of reducing the conthey manifest themselves centration of minerals, parthrough scaling, spotting ticularly calcium carbonate, and pretty much an incon-
in the tap water being delivered to customers. The state considers levels exceeding 150 milligrams of calcium carbonate per liter to be hard. The state Department of Public Health says such levels do not have health implications, but can damage appliances. Testing of the town’s water in 2017 found levels between 190 and 322 milligrams per liter. Town Manager Robert Lee said the possible rate increase, which would require the approval of the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, would be offset by less wear-and-tear on See Water, A12
Plainville residents have voiced concerns about the water in town and its impact on fixtures. File photo
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By Devin Leith-Yessian The Citizen