Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 6/9/2021 4:11:39 PM
A request to remove gravel on a construction lot on Isaac Frye Highway was continued without discussion on Tuesday, at the request of the applicant.
Isaac Frye Holdings LLC and applicant Kenneth Lehtonen have requested two variances to allow gravel excavation at the site, incidental to the construction of a single family home. Gravel excavation was initially started on the site without town approval, despite the lot not being in the gravel extrication zone, prompting a cease and desist order, and the variances were subsequently sought.
Abutters to the property have registered their protests to allowing the continued removal of gravel.
WESTPORT Meatworks on State Road was issued a suspension notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for how it recently handled euthanizing a cow.
Andy Burnes, president of the Livestock Institute of Southern New England, said Meatworks took the issue seriously, took corrective measures, and the suspension only lasted for one day earlier this month. Meatworks, the State Road meat processing plant and store is owned by the non-profit LISNE.
The plant is back in operation. It received its letter a few weeks ago on a Friday and shut down on a Saturday, according to Burnes. On a Sunday night, the USDA office in Philadelphia approved plans and allowed it to reopen the following Monday, according to Burnes.