Word: piped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Liberty Village, the commercial heart of Flemington, is somewhat of a surprise. Meandering over several acres of former farmland, the pleasant re- creation of a colonial marketplace boasts wide brick sidewalks, several luncheon stops and plenty of rest rooms. Long gone are the pipe racks and jumbled bins of second-quality merchandise in dusty warehouses. Since the manufacturers are selling their own goods, the stores are well stocked and well organized. Says Jean Smith, the manager of Liberty Village: "Mostly we have last season's styles and production overruns." Indeed, "Flemington is not competing with K mart," says Fran Durst...
When contacted again this Wednesday, officials repeated that the DPW had finished working in the area that may have forced the Anderson Bridge pipe into use, and that the smell would consequently disappear...
Timothy Watkins, an engineer who had been dispatched to the area by the Cambridge DPW to check the situation, said that there was nothing out of ordinary with the working of the pipe known officially as Combined Sewer Overflow number nine...
...Thursday, one could still see a black, filmy substance coming from the submerged pipe and smell a foul stench emanating from the area...
Sewage destined for the river is supposed to be treated with chlorine first, said Patricia Baker, a Massachusetts Water Resources Authority official. She said she did not know whether the residue near Anderson Bridge had been properly treated because the city, not the Authority, controls that pipe...