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William3
of Westbrook, ME
The old Blue Rock quarry opeated fairly quietly for about 50 years, just scratching at about 10 acres. Now Pike wants to expand to 32 acres, dig it deeper and completly deplete the property.
Quarry operations do not comply with the local zoning. Why hasn't Westbrook simply refused the Pike proposal?report abuse
Jul 20, 2008 9:16 AM
Yes. This debate is about the huge expansion that Pike has proposed.
The old Blue Rock quarry opeated fairly quietly for about 50 years, just scratching at about 10 acres. Now Pike wants to expand to 32 acres, dig it deeper and completly deplete the property.
Quarry operations do not comply with the local zoning. Why hasn't Westbrook simply refused the Pike proposal?report abuse
IP Freely
of Pemaquid, ME
It's more like moving near a tolerable 2-lane turnpike, and then it moves to 5-lanes. IDEXX was fine with the operation as it is, it was the expansion that they took issue with.report abuse
Jul 18, 2008 4:54 PM
Auditor,
It's more like moving near a tolerable 2-lane turnpike, and then it moves to 5-lanes. IDEXX was fine with the operation as it is, it was the expansion that they took issue with.report abuse
Auditor
of Scarborough, ME
Who could have possibly foreseen such things (heavy sarcasm)report abuse
Jul 18, 2008 4:34 PM
Idexx's complaint is like moving to a house near the airport or turnpike and then complaining about additional noise when they expand...
Who could have possibly foreseen such things (heavy sarcasm)report abuse
birdyard
of Arundel, ME
Jul 18, 2008 4:23 PM
Who was there first ? if it was good enough when they moved in , it should be good enough nowreport abuseYou must be a registered user of MaineToday.com to post a comment. Register or log in.
