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Public preservation concerns and SHPO letter stall East Clinton firehouse hearing
Summary
Public commenters, led by the Clinton Historical Society, raised historic-preservation and EAF-completeness concerns about the East Clinton Fire Districts proposed firehouse and community room. SHPO/State comments arrived hours before the meeting; the planning board kept the public hearing open and requested further screening, narrative updates and county circulation.
The Planning Board continued the public hearing for the East Clinton Fire Districts proposed fire station after sustained public comment from the Clinton Historical Society and receipt of a State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) letter submitted to the board hours before the meeting.
Cynthia Cook, president of the Clinton Historical Society, told the board she was "appalled" that the project's EAF did not list the Creek Meeting House and adjacent cemetery as National Register properties and argued the proposed station (which applicants said is about 11,000 square feet) would dramatically alter the setting of the…
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