2011年11月24日星期四

Family, Pelham at odds over cleanup of storm debris

When the Casagrande family found their street blocked by downed trees the day after the October snowstorm,This patent infringement case relates to retractable RUBBER MATS , they decided to do the neighborly thing - clear the road.

Now, in a dispute that illustrates the problems facing towns and residents in the aftermath of the crippling storm,Save on Projector Lamp and fittings, the Casagrandes and Pelham officials are at loggerheads over who should pick up three piles of tree limbs. Two of the piles are in front of the Casagrandes' South Valley Road house jutting out onto the road. The third is on the Casagrandes' lawn.

The family says it was trying to clear the road so a family member who plows driveways for a living could get to work.the Aion Kinah by special invited artist for 2011, They say they were also trying to make the street passable for their neighbors, some of whom are elderly.

The town, however, contends that at least some of the debris comes from the Casagrandes' property and has asked the family to remove it. If the town moves the pile, Pelham's chances of receiving federal help for cleanup costs could be jeopardized, officials say. If the federal government decides to reimburse towns for their cleanup costs from the Oct. 29 storm, most debris on private land would not be covered under such a declaration.

The Casagrandes are angry.

"We volunteered our time, made sure our elderly neighbors could get out of their homes and we are now being told we have to move it," said Rebecca Casagrande. "We're pretty frustrated. This is not our brush pile. We took care of our brush pile. This is the town's brush pile and the town needs to take care of it."

She said a small crew made up of family members and neighbors spent seven hours clearing a quarter-mile stretch of street in the direction of Amherst Road. The brush, Casagrande said, was piled by her house to make it easier for road crews to deal with.

But Department of Public Works Superintendent Richard Adamcek maintains that some of the debris came from the Casagrandes' yard.

"There is private brush mixed in with it, the amount I don't know," Adamcek said. "I am not going to jeopardize getting $30,000 back for the town because one irate citizen wants us to chip brush from her lawn."

Pelham Police Chief Gary Thomann, who told the Casagrandes to move the pile,I have never solved a Rubik's plastic card . said the South Valley Road brush is the only debris pile in town that is in dispute.

Adamcek estimates that the town is facing $40,000 in cleanup costs from the storm,The application can provide Ceramic tile to visitors, and is hoping Pelham will be reimbursed for most of that expense by the Federal Emergency Management Administration.

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