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Photo Vincent Guadazno
Jeff Rogers, who is taking over management of Conwell Lumber for his retiring parents, is rebranding the store as a “green” building center. |
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Hardware stalwart goes ‘green’
This and other stories in the news this week
PROVINCETOWN — New blood and a new vision are in store for one of the town’s hardware mainstays, Conwell Lumber Co. Jeff Rogers, the new manager, is taking over for his parents, Charles and Joan Rogers, who are in the process of retiring after owning the store for 19 years. As part of a rebranding of the hardware store, Rogers is opening a business within a business, focusing on environmentally friendly construction and cleaning products.
The store will be renamed the New England Green Building Center, or N.E. Green, for short. Timed to open this weekend to coincide with Earth Day, Rogers, who spent the last eight years as an environmental consultant, said he will carry a wide line of paints, caulks, insulation, cabinets and other building and cleaning materials designed not to hurt the environment or the people who use them. For more on this story and those listed below, see the April 19 Provincetown Banner.
Other Stories:
In Provincetown: storm damage widespread but not severe; housing advocacy members regroup after Town Meeting; A-House reopens, will hook to sewer in 4 weeks; building inspector defends his interpretation of town’s scale bylaw; CD being released to help fund town’s fireworks; water usage in winter months down; Bergman’s goodbye party; candidate information on Lynne Davies not included in last week’s voter information pull-out;
In Truro: snow’s field eyed for improvements; passive recreation planned for capped landfill; Step It Up gathering drew good crowd in support of fighting global warming; workshop set to look at endangered species rules and how that affects local building regulations;
In Wellfleet: Town Meeting begins Monday with some contested spending articles; fire station plans scaled back;
In Eastham: wind turbines off the table for Town Meeting, new planning to be undertaken;
In other news: Province Lands Road will be closed four nights a week for spadefoot toad study; Fort Hill restoration will utilize variety of techniques; columns; letters and more.
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Apr 19th, 2007