Plymouth: Stop the Airport Expansion!
Click Here to Send Comments to MEPA and EPA on Plymouth Airport Expansion Using Our Letter Writing Campaign. The Plymouth Municipal Airport is located on South Meadow Road in West […]
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.
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Cranberry Country Corruption & “Earth Removal” Scams in Southeastern Massachusetts
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.
Plymouth: Spencer-G. Lopes Construction, Inc. mining operation continues along Route 3; includes MassDOT land
Why is are Plymouth Town officials, the Planning Board, ZBA and Planning Department going along with Scott Spencer's earth removal scam on Route 3? Who is benefitting from this? Not the Town and not our drinking water or environment.
Plymouth: EJ Pontiff – PA Landers mining operation continues under the ruse of agriculture off Firehouse Road
Public hearing on STPB enforcement request: Monday March 20, 7 p.m. Plymouth Zoning Board of Appeals Does this look like “cranberry agriculture” or industrial sand and gravel mining? Above: Pontiff […]
Plymouth: AD Makepeace mining operation under the ruse of cranberry agriculture exposed
AD Makepeace blatantly abuses the process for obtaining permits under the Mass Endangered Species Act State officials look the other way, pretend Plymouth mining operations are “cranberry agriculture” Hundreds of […]
Plymouth: ZBA ignores AD Makepeace mining operation under the false pretense of cranberry agriculture
On December 14, 2022, the Plymouth Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) sided with Makepeace claiming that a 214-acre sand and gravel mine is a “agricultural project” ZBA allowed Makepeace to […]
Plymouth: ZBA complicit in Spencer’s mining operation under the ruse of subdivision road on Long Pond Road
January 17, 2023 — ZBA issues Decision in Case No. 4077, refuses to enforce the Bylaw despite credible evidence of violations – decision below. Save the Pine Barrens has appealed. […]
Take action with us! Grassroots activists in Southeastern MA have ongoing standouts to raise awareness about protecting our water & communities from illegal mining & industrial solar on forests
Coming up: Sunday Oct. 23, 2022 from 10 to 2 p.m. Meet at the public library (2 Meadowbrook Way, Carver).Standout will take place at Carver Town Hall (108 Main Street) […]