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.

Kingston: Sand & Gravel Mining company sued for negligence, nuisance, trespass

Jun 5, 2023 Katherine Harrelson Massachusetts

Operation emits particulate dust, noise, vibration damaging and harming abutting private property After conducting a mining operation for decades, company dumps “urban debris” in pit, threatening drinking water aquifer On […]

Rochester, MA: Cranberry company sues Ryco Excavating for digging too deep into the aquifer, not paying for all sand and gravel extracted

Jun 2, 2023 Katherine Harrelson Massachusetts

In 2015, cranberry company Decas sued Ryco Excavating for digging too deep into the aquifer to create a cranberry pond and not paying Decas for all of the material extracted […]

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May 4, 2023 Katherine Harrelson AD Makepeace

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Carver: North Weston Cranberry: commercial sand and gravel mining, $104,500 in state taxpayer subsidies for cranberry bog renovation, and industrial solar with battery on wetland bogs

May 2, 2023 Katherine Harrelson Aquifer

The company is doing sand and gravel mining while collecting taxpayer subsidies for “bog renovation” Has collected at least $104,500 in state taxpayer subsidies while mining at least $1.2 million […]

Carver: Read Custom Soils: “Cranberry” Bait & Switch?

Apr 19, 2023 Katherine Harrelson AD Makepeace

On Federal Road in Carver, AD Makepeace Co. runs Read Custom Soils, a trucking terminal for its sand and gravel mining operations In 2012, Makepeace told the state Read was […]

Carver: Ten Residents Group sues over illegal sand and gravel mining by A.D. Makepeace under the ruse of “cranberry agriculture”

Apr 6, 2023 Katherine Harrelson AD Makepeace

Using Massachusetts' Citizen Suit Statute, a Ten Residents Group goes to court to stop AD Makepeace from continuing to strip mine, causing damage to the environment. The Town of Carver is siding with the company against its own residents, covering up for the illegal mining.

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.

Plymouth: EJ Pontiff – PA Landers mining operation continues under the ruse of agriculture off Firehouse Road

Jan 30, 2023 CLwpBS AD Makepeace

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 […]

Carver: Residents ask Court to shut down Maki-G.Lopes mining site on Meadow Street

Dec 5, 2022 CLwpBS Alex Johnson Cranberry

On July 17, 2023, the Superior Court in Brockton will hear a motion for an injunction brought by Carver residents on June 26, 2023 to shut down the 12-year […]