Cleanup efforts continue at former Maskers site

With demolition of the former Maskers theater and a storage building at 45 Front St. complete, the city will now look to remove contaminated soils from the site. During cleanup of the property, about 150 cubic yards of a petroleum-based, tar-like substance were discovered under the Maskers building. It is believed a leaking valve on a railroad car parked on the property in the 1950s or 1960s released the petroleum...