Stay updated with breaking news from John Wade. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Good news came Tuesday, when Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) announced that the anxiously awaited defueling of its massive tanks would start much sooner than expected, and at a brisk pace that could have the tanks 99.85% emptied by Jan. 19.
The recent announcement by the Department of Defense of an accelerated timetable to defuel the Red Hill fuel tanks is welcome news (“Defueling Red Hill planned for October under latest timeline,” Star-Advertiser, May 17).
Brian Abrahams, the founder of the Comet newspaper and a presence in several Hitchin civic organisations, has died at the age of 86.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/7KHDDTMLXZCOLCW56AZ7YSNOHU.jpg)
Joint Task Force-Red Hill included the new timeline in a supplementary plan filed with the EPA.
The new timeline, presented to federal and state regulators this week, shaves off a year from the original timeline.