Plymouth: ZBA, Conservation Commission challenged for approving 348-unit apartment complex on 16 acres in Colony Place

Aug 11, 2023  Claremont Development

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: Water Supply Issues

Aug 11, 2023  Katherine Harrelson 

Plymouth’s water shortages caused by overdevelopment and poor planning cannot be ignored any longer. Three reports by the Town’s own consultant, Environmental Partners demonstrate a need for a moratorium on […]

Press Release: July 22, 2023 Rally to Stop Sand Mining in Southeastern Massachusetts

Jul 25, 2023  Meg Sheehan  A.D. Makepeace Cranberry Co.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                July 24, 2023 Contact: Meg Sheehan, environmentwatchsoutheasternma@gmail.com           Community Land and Water Coalition Holds Rally in Wareham To Stop Sand Mining in Southeastern Massachusetts  Groups and residents […]

Cranberry Agriculture? Residential Subdivision? Business Park? Or sand and gravel mine?

Feb 4, 2023  CLwpBS  AD Makepeace

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-Plymouth: Weston Franklin Marsh – Ryco Excavating mining operation continues under the ruse of cranberry agriculture

Jan 30, 2023  CLwpBS  Aquifer

Craig & Gary Weston, part of the cranberry "Cosa Nostra" of Carver as they call themselves, are doing a massive strip mine under the false pretense of agriculture. In Jan. 2023, the Plymouth Planning Board joined the Plymouth ZBA in complicity in this exploitation of legal loopholes and solar subsidies. The Planning Board approved "floating solar" for the illegally created reservoir.