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“It’s so sad – the environment is completely a secondary interest to business interests,” Dr. Robin Poole said. “None of these reports, the so-called environmental impact studies, looked at (the wider) environmental impact, outside the little strip of land (in question. . . South Glengarry) councillors just accepted this.”
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The proposed campground for a strip of land bordering Cooper Marsh will move on to the next approval stage; the electronic regular meeting of South Glengarry Council, in a 3-1 vote, a motion carried that amends a bylaw, changes zoning, and allows the project to proceed. The decision is subject to a 30-day appeal period.
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49 articles, 1 night = Town Meeting in Marblehead
Spending was approved, peace, diversity, and snow shoveling were denied under the big top
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Marblehead Town Meeting cleared 49 articles in three hours flat Monday, passing a $103 million budget with no discussion and voting down staggered elections, peace and quiet and, once again, a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers.
Here are the highlights:
Article 15 generated the first serious discussion. Town Meeting approved spending $314,000 on storm-drainage construction but former Waldron Street resident Toby Reiley warned residents that “if not this year then next year” they need to up the ante. He pointed to an abandoned storm drain in his old neighborhood that causes flooding issues. He said the town needs to start fully funding its infrastructure issues.