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Cutting costs Friday, September 11, 2015
Buses and bargains
Cheaper plan presented for Town Hall renovation
By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
NEWINGTON — A smaller, cheaper project may be the answer to Newington’s long-awaited Town Hall renovation. Town Hall Building Committee Chairman Alan Bongiovanni presented the Town Council with a new plan at its meeting Tuesday for a building that is 10 percent Volume 55, No. 37
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smaller and $5 million cheaper than the last proposal. “In my personal opinion this will meet the needs of the town for years to come, and it’s probably the most cost-effective plan we’re going to see,” Bongiovanni told the council. Architect Kaestle Boos and construction manager Downes Construction were sent back to the drawing board after two other more costly and extensive plans failed to gain support from residents who attended public hearings in July and early August. See NEW, Page 4
CTfastrak Day will take place Sunday, Sept. 13, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kiwanis Club’s Giant Big K Flea Market/Craft Fair, 39 East Cedar St., Newington. The CTfastrak Outreach Team will hand out transit information, bus schedules, reward program updates and are ready to answer questions. Also awaiting flea market visitors are more than 50 vendors. Admission is $1; kids and parking free.
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