Conservation

Government · Conservation

Panel Revises Day Field Farm Lease Draft

Westford's Conservation Commission revised a draft farm lease for Day Field and weighed longer terms for Hill Orchard.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 28

Government · Conservation

Conservation Panel OKs Martin Street Home Plan

The Lowell Conservation Commission approved a new floodplain home on Martin Street with porous-pavement and tree conditions.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 28

Government · Conservation

Panel Revises Vernal Pool, Buffer Zone Rules

Hopkinton's Conservation Commission opened a line-by-line rewrite of its wetlands regulations and continued the hearing to November 3.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 28

Government · Conservation

Commission delays decision on 21-tree removal

Reading's Conservation Commission continued a hearing on removing 21 trees at 589 Pearl Street, pushing for more canopy and fewer shrubs.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 28

Government · Conservation

Panel approves pump station, home permits

Burlington's Conservation Commission approved permits for a town pump station and a new home while hearing that a hospital's landscaping died under helicopter rotor wash.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 22

Government · Conservation

Panel approves septic plan, closes Ledgestone case

Hopkinton's Conservation Commission weighed a plan to restore wetlands illegally filled at a Montana Road horse farm.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 21

Government · Conservation

Commission Continues 1777 Main St. Hearing

Tewksbury's Conservation Commission continued a contested hearing on a stormwater and clearing plan for the 1777 Main Street plaza to November 4.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 21

Government · Conservation

Panel approves $730 for Spy Pond plantings

Conservation Commission approved $730 for Spy Pond plantings and continued Arlington Coal and Lumber hearing to November 5.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 15

Government · Conservation

Conservation Board Approves Community Garden Expansion

The Westford Conservation Commission approved a 35-foot expansion of the community garden and a formal apiary buffer zone.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 14

Government · Conservation

Conservation panel OKs Parker turf field order

Reading's Conservation Commission voted 4-2 to approve replacement of the artificial turf field at Parker Middle School over a commissioner's objection that the project violates wetlands buffer rules.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 14