MIDDLEBORO It was previously reported that people living at seasonal homes on the King’s Way portion of the Wood’s Pond campgrounds have been there illegally year-round.
Many of these cottage-style units in this part of Woods Pond are restricted to seasonal use from April 16 to Oct. 10.
The Middleboro Board of Selectmen announced earlier this week that the town’s health officer will work with the police department to find out which of the homes are now occupied and evict the tenants.
Most of the campgrounds consist of shared communal wells and septic systems, both of which aren’t designed and sustainable for year-round use. There is specuation that this year-round use has contributed to some recent failings of septic systems, as well as concern for possible contamination of wells.
PITTSFIELD
They sat on hold, 72 of them, waiting by their computers for their big public hearing moment on Adobe Connect. Another 117 people called and left voicemails. Hundreds sent emails, letters and even faxes â 428 in all.
Comments poured in last summer after the Environmental Protection Agency released the latest version of its approach to removing toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the Housatonic River, the one devised in closed-door negotiations with the General Electric Co. and other parties.
EPA officials listened, without comment, to scorching criticism of the agencyâs plan to allow GE to bury sediment containing lower levels of the PCBs in Lee. Critics at three public hearing sessions assailed local PCB burial. The agency was mum until late this month, when it dropped a 140-page document with point-by-point responses to comments.