Thursday, October 4, 2012
While majority support neighborhood conservation district in the North Brookline, some neighbors remain skeptical.
In order to preserve the character of a neighborhood, residents can come together to create a neighborhood conservation district or NCD thanks to a zoning bylaw change enacted last fall. This is exactly what residents of an area known as The Settlement, north of Route 9 near the Heath School, hope to accomplish with a warrant article planned for the fall's Special Town Meeting. They spoke to the Selectmen about this on Tuesday night. According to the NCD bylaws, if passed, the Settlement will have a five- to seven-member neighborhood conservation commission made up of members of the Conservation Commission, and neighbors who have been interviewed and appointed by the Board of Selectmen. The Hancock Village neighborhood commission is in …
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Shortly after the Brookline polystyrene food box warrant article ban breaks, Boston City Councilors propose similar ban.
Both Brookline and Boston will soon consider banning the use of polystyrene foam food boxes or coffee cups. One of the warrant articles to be considered before town meeting will ban foam food containers from Brookline--and Herald Columnist Margery Eagan talked with the petitioner about the proposed plastic foam ban. Nancy Heller, the petitioner for the Brookline ban, mentioned "styrofoam cups" at coffee shops, which "bothered her," and a move to ban it, she told Eagan she felt it was "the right thing to do." A representative from Dow Chemical clarified to Brookline Patch yesterday that Styrofoam brand foam is used in construction, crafting and floral projects, while the foam used in food containers is made using a different chemical …
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
A warrant article on the docket for fall's Special Town Meeting will ban polystyrene food containers from use in town.
[Correction: Styrofoam is not used to make food containers, a representative from Dow Chemical confirmed earlier today. Styrofoam is used in construction, crafting and floral projects, but the foam used in food containers is made using a different chemical process. Sept 24] Some town residents are foaming at the mouth to be rid of foam food containers--or more accurately, they feel strongly enough to write a warrant article that would ban them. The warrant articles have not yet been approved by the Board of Selectmen, who will vote on the proposed warrant at an upcoming meeting. However, the polystelene ban and a move to limit plastic bags are both included in the version which the Board saw last night (Sept. 11). Margery Eagan talked …
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