The New Bedford Board of Health voted 2-to-1 Tuesday night to deny approval for a controversial trash transfer facility in the city’s North End, effectively killing the project as proposed. The board cited multiple environmental and health issues brought up during recent community hearings as reasons for denying the project approval. The decision comes nearly […]
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Tensions flare at New Bedford Board of Health meeting on trash transfer site
Throughout the hearing some in the auditorium shouted, “Just say no,” prompting the hearing official in charge of the New Bedford Board of Health meeting, Art Krieger, to warn the crowd to quiet down several times. The crowd was there to hear discussion on a proposal by South Coast Renewables to build a new facility […]
