Kingston: DENIED! Plympton Sand & Gravel Co. Mining Permit
Victory! March 12, 2024: Kingston Selectboard denies “earth removal” permit for Plympton Sand & Gravel mine Mining company asks for chance to redesign project and come back, Board says […]
Halifax: Morse Brothers claims massive 1.2 million cubic yard mining operation is “cranberry agriculture”
Morse Brothers “cranberry” company claims mining is for agriculture, public campaign exposes zoning, water violations February 5, 2024: Court denies Morse request for an injunction to stop Halifax from requiring […]
Plymouth: Attorney General Slams Selectboard and ZBA for Open Meeting Law Violations; CLWC continues to demand compliance, transparency at Town Hall
On August 4, 2023, the Attorney General slammed Plymouth Town Officials for Open Meeting Law Violations. Read the Press Release and Decision below. CLWC is continuing its campaign for accountability […]
Plymouth: ZBA, Conservation Commission challenged for approving 348-unit apartment complex on 16 acres in Colony Place
The Plymouth Selectboard made a deal with Claremont Developers behind closed doors in late 2022. In exchange for a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals Claremont will gift up to $3 million to the town for a water booster pump. This is a short term, 5-year solution to the town's water crisis, according to the Town Manager. Selectman Bletzer lobbied the ZBA for the permit, publicly. Claremont is deep in a web of questionable dealings. In addition, a lawsuit has been filed challenging the ZBA permit issued as part of the deal.
Plymouth: TL Edwards asphalt/concrete batching and mining site violates the law says group
February 22, 2023: CLWC files request for enforcement of Zoning Bylaw.
Support State Legislation to Empower Municipalities to Regulate Large Industrial Solar
Bill filed in Massachusetts legislature to update state zoning law to eliminate special zoning protection for large solar and battery storage; puts solar on same footing as other industrial and commercial uses.
Kingston: PROJECT CANCELLED! Thorndike Development withdraws concept plans for Sacred Heart school revealed in January 2023
Route 80 in Kingston proposed for 642 units at the Sacred Heart. Zoning change needed, drinking water a major issue. Open space, drinking water threatened.
Carver: Edaville Railroad Site Proposed for 40B Housing
The long-time theme park, Edaville Railroad is proposed for a dense residential development under the state's 40B law. The land has a checkered past. What really happened there?
Cranberry Agriculture? Residential Subdivision? Business Park? Or sand and gravel mine?
Pulling back the curtain on the sand and gravel industry in Southeastern Massachusetts and the Town boards and officials complicit in the schemes - whether its "cranberry agriculture" or a "subdivision road" that requires leveling the town's highest hill the operation on Route 44 in Carver -- it is a scam. This exposes our drinking water to contamination, destroys our forests and poisons people with cancer-causing silica dust.
Carver: Jan. 25, 2023: Carver Earth Removal Committee extends Johnson Brothers Cranberry, Ryco sand and gravel mining operation to continue indefinitely despite violations, expired permits
In 2011, federal jury found Johnson violated Clean Water Act by destroying 46 acres of wetlands to allegedly build cranberry bogs Above: Jan. 25, 2023, Carver Earth Removal “public hearing” […]