A project of Save the Pine Barrens
January 17, 2023 — ZBA issues Decision in Case No. 4077, refuses to enforce the Bylaw despite credible evidence of violations – decision below. ZBA
While Chair of the Earth Removal Committee, John Garretson III conducted earth removal operations on his land under the ruse of agricultural excavation ERC member
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
Developers target Colony Place for dense development in Aquifer Protection Overlay District The “water crisis” — November 18, 2022 update here. Issues: August 16, 2022:
Solar developer ConEdison proposes to clear-cut Pine Barrens forest, denude land for large ground mounted solar, batteries Site located on Weweantic River, ancient Native American
On January 25, 2023, the Carver Earth Removal Committee unanimously extended Johnson’s expired permit indefinitely Town ignores enforcement requests, drinking water wells near site run
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.
Town Meeting in Carver is April 11, 2023. Citizen Petitions aim to protect drinking water, forest, and control large ground mounted industrial solar and battery storage.
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.
Going behind the curtain to expose corruption in the sand and gravel and cranberry industry in Southeastern Massachusetts. Town officials give permits under the false pretense of cranberry agriculture for massive illegal sand and gravel mining operations.
The Town has released the Executive Session minutes of the controversial November 15, 2022 meeting of the Selectboard and Zoning Board of Appeals over the
Wareham Planning Board asks tough questions of solar developer looking to clear cut 21 acres of forest and cover over a strip mine for a large ground mounted solar project. This has all the components of Solar Gone Wrong.
ZBA asked to enforce Zoning Bylaw at EJ Pontiff/PA Landers mining site off Firehouse Road in South Plymouth January 26, 2023: Community Land & Water
Court rules for protection of wetlands, water quality and against Borrego Solar and AD Makepeace in lawsuit challenging 65-acre ground mounted industrial solar project on rare Pine Barrens forest
December 29, 2023: Halifax Board of Selectmen issues cease and desist Hearing January 10, 2023: residents explain violations, threat to drinking water wells, Monponsett Pond