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Vincent Kearney Karina Boto Sean Keagan Foley Council Candidates Garwood on
October 26, 2023
Setting the Record Straight on Flood Mitigation in Garwood

We’ve had several residents ask questions about flooding and the Garwood Brook,promptedbycommentsfromthe Republican candidates on Facebook or their mailers. There appears to be some bad information out there, so we’d like to correct the record and discuss flooding, collaborative approaches for flood mitigationinthegreaterregionGarwood belongs to, and our ideas for infrastructure updates and community engagement tohelpwiththisunfortunatelygrowing issue.

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