PREVIOUS ISSUES

Churchill Estates: Success! - Developer had plans to build 39 houses with septic systems on Pittsfield's only non-polluted, medium-yield aquifer. The plan is now for just 8 or 9 houses as allowed by right under Massachusetts "Approval Not Required" (ANR) zoning law.

Pines at Bousquet Mountain: Not such a success. A 105-unit condominium development at Bousquet Ski Area that bears close watching. We'll keep you posted.

Great Barrington Fairgrounds:

New Marlborough Hill: A proposed development in what was a beautiful site. We have some issues with the project. We're keeping our eyes on it.

Russell Biomass Project: A proposed $150-million wood-burning power plant project that raises concerns about possible impacts on fisheries, rare species, and air quality.

Tire-burning facilities in New York state: Polluted air knows no boundaries.

Riverside Waste Transfer Station: A waste transfer station so close to the river and in such a beautiful area? Update! November 19, 2005. Now we can celebrate! Valley Mill has decided to abandon plans to build a waste transfer station on the bank of the Housatonic River and has found a new site for their operation. Success!