CUMBERLAND – Frank Stowik says he couldn’t believe it when he walked toward the back of his family’s 18-acre property at 161 Hines Road and saw the level of damage
CUMBERLAND – Five years ago this month, the Cumberland Town Council gave then-Mayor Bill Murray approval to spend $1.4 million to purchase the spacious 8-acre Pascale Landscape Construction property at
CUMBERLAND – Longtime Highway Supt. Frank Stowik has lost his leadership position, a move mostly tied to conflicts brought up by the fact that he’s still a union member.
Mayor Jeff Mutter made the decision to remove Stowik from the role and replace him with veteran department member Dennis Vadenais, telling The Breeze that it was in the best interest of the town. He cited the fact that the town charter actually calls for a superintendent of public works, appointed by the director, who shall, under direction of the director of public works, have general charge of the operations of the DPW.
12/9/2020
Town completes installation of drainage pipe after flooding
Cumberland town workers connect a new pipe to existing infrastructure under Diamond Hill Road at the roundabouts last week. (Breeze photos by Ethan Shorey)
CUMBERLAND – Crews were wrapping up some finishing touches on installation of a new drainage pipe near the Diamond Hill roundabouts this week, said Mayor Jeff Mutter, but the line was fully functional for a second major storm in a week last Saturday.
Highway Supt. Frank Stowik was on site last Saturday morning and told The Breeze that the water was flowing properly through the pipes.
There were some people angry over the situation that caused homes to flood earlier in the week, said Stowik, but their houses were not the ones being flooded. Town workers got the job done for the taxpayers, he said.