Tattrie will seek opinion on Warren house demolition
Warren Town Councilor Cathie Tattrie has asked the town’s attorney to determine whether she should vote on or recuse herself from an upcoming vote on whether to grant a funeral home’s request to demolish a 152-year-old home on Main Street. Ms. Tattrie, who owns Smith Funeral and Memorial Services on Schoolhouse Road, is a direct [...]
Read More →Does Warren councilor have a conflict of interest?
Note: The following letter was sent to Warren Town Council member Cathie Tattrie by Steve Thompson, a member of the Warren Preservation Society and Voluntary Historic District Commission: Dear Councilwoman Tattrie, Are you planning on participating and voting in the October 15th hearing regarding the demolition waiver request for the JD Tuell House at 613 Main [...]
Read More →Warren councilor says she feels “badly” for demo applicants
A request to demolish a 152-year-old home in downtown Warren took an odd turn Tuesday night, when a town council member said Warren’s building inspector gave out misinformation about the process to the applicant. Cathie Tattrie said that she’s known for months that the Wilbur Romano Funeral Home wanted to tear down a home at [...]
Read More →Alfred’s Antiques coming to Warren’s Jade Tree
Years ago, it was the Hope Creamery. Then came the Jade Tree. Next? Alfred’s Antiques. Bristol resident Alfred Brazil will be the next tenant at the old Jade Tree at 480 Main St., after the Warren Town Council on Tuesday night approved a request by property owner Ed Cox to re-zone the property to village [...]
Read More →Term limits shouldn’t be dismissed in Warren
To the editor: A proposal that I introduced for term limits for all Warren board, commission and council members got a cool reception from most Warren Town Council members at our recent meeting. Even though last year the town council mandated that all board members must re-apply for each term, statistically they will be reappointed [...]
Read More →Warren rejects Liberty Street School bids
Try, try again. The Warren Town Council last Tuesday rejected two of the latest offers for the vacant Liberty Street School, voting instead to give the town manager and planner the authority to come up with a plan for the building. Two entities — Scott’s Woodworking and Thomas Principe Construction, both based in Warren, submitted [...]
Read More →Kitchen incubator plan in voters’ hands
Lisa Raiola has two months to spread the word. The Town of Warren will hold a special town meeting on Monday, Oct. 15, to see if voters will approve the sale of the Main Street School to the Hope and Main kitchen incubator project, founded by Ms. Raiola, for $125,000. The town council has already [...]
Read More →‘Urban’ farmers agree to 10-year lease for town land
Right now, there’s not much to see at the end of Paul Court, where Warren’s fledgling Community Farm and Gardens have sprung — just open fields, some cultivated, and a wooded area that’s dark, shaded and damp. For Bleu Grijalva, it’s perfect. Mr. Grijalva, the executive director of the non-profit New Urban Farmers, will spend [...]
Read More →Council rejects Liberty Street School bids
Try, try again. The Warren Town Council on Tuesday rejected two of the latest offers for the vacant Liberty Street School, voting instead to give the town manager and planner the authority to come up with a plan for the building. Two entities — Scott’s Woodworking and Thomas Principe Construction, both based in Warren, submitted [...]
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