Another bad week for landfill neighborsI talked to the mayor yesterday about this very matter (see my full story in tomorow's Current).
NEWBURYPORT — After more than a dozen odor complaints were filed by neighbors to the Crow Lane landfill over the weekend, the smell is finally gone.
Abutters to the landfill sent out mass e-mails to other neighbors, city and state officials, and members of the local press, reporting itchy, burning eyes, sore throats, scratchy throats, sinus infections, headaches and nausea.
The odor, which smells like rotten eggs or burnt matches, comes from hydrogen sulfide, and it has plagued the neighbors of the landfill for the past half decade.
A flare remains lit at the site to burn away odor-causing gas, but it wasn't working properly, Mayor John Moak said yesterday. It has been fixed.
"The flare was not running at the proper temperature," Moak said.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
More mayhem
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At last night's City of Everett's Board of Alderman's meeting, the mayor informed the Board and the residents that the Crow Lane Landfill will be opening soon. He stated he received his information from Newburyport's mayor. He said that the issue will be settled in the next 7 to 10 days through Newburyport's Board of Health.
Is this true? Can anyone shed some light on this? I was very surprised to hear this latest chapter in the saga of Bill Thibeault. It seems that in the end, he always gets what he wants.
MassDee
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