| Wilton board to review business plans
WILTON - New and expanding businesses are on the agenda when the Planning Board meets at 7 p.m. Thursday at the town office.
A new modular and mobile home sales lot is being proposed by Dale Leighton and Marty Pike from Farmington. The lot, to be located at 409 Route 2 East across from the Big Apple, is at the site where a mobile home sales lot was located a few years ago.
The new business, Sandy River Homes, will offer KBS Modular Homes from Paris, said Pike, and mobile homes by a new company, Eagle River.
The business hopes to be open by the first of June, Pike said. One part-time position in sales is expected, he said. The company will work with local contractors for setting up the homes.
Using a modular home for an office as part of the five display sites, the proposal also includes space for displaying three 28- by 40-foot modular homes and one 16- by 72-foot home.
Understanding Residential Sprinkler Systems and Related Codes
You have heard the benefits of residential sprinkler systems and this article is intended to give some brief facts about the installation of residential sprinkler systems. One of the biggest myths about sprinkler systems is the water damage that ensues after all of your sprinklers go off in the house. The media has done a wonderful job in providing false information on sprinkler systems. Think of the various commercials or movies in which one sprinkler is operated and all the sprinklers in the building soon operate as well. This is incorrect and many times this public opinion on sprinklers happens. Sprinklers operate when exposed to the determined heat level of a fire and only the sprinklers exposed to heat operate. What makes it a residential fire sprinkler system? The fire service over the years has prompted their communities to adopt fire sprinkler requirements in residential settings.
Promised Israeli compensation still not provided to desperate refugees
TEL AVIV The majority of Jewish residents of the Gaza Strip evacuated by Israel 17 months ago still have not received full compensation promised to them by the Israeli government and are preparing to make small trailers which were supposed to be temporary living quarters into permanent homes, according to a report released this month. "It is now clear that the caravan sites (which we were told was temporary until the government found permanent residences) will be home for the uprooted Gaza residents for at least five years," stated a report by the Gush Katif Committee, the main humanitarian organization representing the Gaza Jewish refugees. "The situation is extremely grave," said Dror Vanunu, a former Gaza resident and the international coordinator for the Gush Katif Committee.
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