As you know, Cheshire has or had the Barite mines. And not that long ago, a few residents decided to sue the town because their backyards literally “sunk” because their property was over a Barite mine that the property owners knew nothing about because someone (we won’t say who) decided to keep some of the mine locations in their office.
Now let’s look at a recent article by the Historical Society that goes into the history of the Barite mines in Cheshire.
You will have to excuse some of the old fashioned “language” that might be offensive to SOME, it should be offensive to ALL, but oh never mind, don’t let me go there.
Now there was a recent article in a prominent newspaper that brought up the fact that another state in the mid-West, namely Kansas, had practically the same problem with mines swallowing up one oftheir towns. Actually, the name of the town is Galena, and the problem was worse as you will see from photos in the article.
The small town of Galena, Kansas, with a population of under 3,000 people did something about their mines, which were lead mines. They got the government to allocate money, called a Superfund, to have it cleaned up and the mines filled in. They didn’t blame this person or that person, they took action. By the time everyone hear passes the buck, the whole west end of Cheshire will probably be a thing of the past!!
Read the Galena Kansas article below.
If you all remember several months ago, I posted an article on town businesses that closed. Well, it looks like another one has bitten the dust–Romano’s Seafood.
A friend of mine went over there a few days ago and noticed the premises were empty. I liked Romano’s, but frankly, for the prices they charged, the food was not that spectacular. I mean, I could have made the same meal at home. I don’t eat out that much, but when I do, I want to eat something a little different, something I wouldn’t make at home, not basically what you or I could make and have to pay 15 or 16 dollars per meal.
Now, many of you are still commenting on the Grievances post. That is a good thing. Now my close friends know about the “attitude” a town department, (not the Police believe it or not) have about getting involved.
Well, here is a case from 1988–read the second or third paragraph where the parent’s request is deemed “unreasonable.” These people ended up going to FOI to get their child’s progress report records!! Enough said.
The NEWS FEEDS WILL BE BACK IN A FEW DAYS. WE ARE TRYING SOMETHING NEW. WE WILL BE PUTTING THE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS ON THE ISSUES PAGE AND PROBABLY END UP ELIMINATING THE VIDEO PAGE SO BEAR WITH ME.
