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NEW HAVEN – The public had its say here April 7 as the town of New Haven’s Planning Board listened to a dozen residents express their dismay over the potential approval of a proposed cement plant in their midst. Andrew Merriam, resident of Darrow Road, lives directly diagonally across the street from Jason Simmons’ proposed plant. Like many in opposition to the plant, Merriam objected to its construction prior to Planning Board approval. He was the first to speak. “I’ve been an architect for 14 years,” he said, “I have never seen the blatant disregard that M...

NEW HAVEN – The possible approval of a proposed cement plant within the town of New Haven has a contingent of the town in an uproar worried over the future of the lifestyle they chose New Haven for, a Planning Board in a no-win political situation, and a man investing nearly $3 million frustrated over the level of, in his opinion, the misunderstanding of his project and the intensity of opposition to it that he never expected. Cindy Konu lives two houses down to the north of the plant. She and her husband built their home here 18 years ago and have owned the property for 30 years. She st...