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Friday, August 4, 2017
Residents fed up with Boston Clean Water By Christopher Roberson
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or the past three years abutting residents say they have had nothing but problems with the Boston Clear Water Company (BCWC) located at 165 Lowell St., the former site of the Pocahontas Spring Water Company. Citing, “insolent behavior� as well “fear and intimidation� from BCWC, abutters William O’Brien, John Sievers, Andrew Gallucci, Jack Farrell and Mary Bliss are looking to the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) for administrative relief. From the latter part of 2014 through July 5 of this year, the five abutters compiled a list of 20 complaints against BCWC,
which they will present as part of their petition to the ZBA during the board’s Sept. 12 meeting. The hearing was originally scheduled for Aug. 1; however, the board voted unanimously for a continuance as proper notice of the hearing was not provided to the abutters. According to the petition, two abutters were approached by BCWC owner Anthony Gattineri and his civil engineer, Paul Marchionda, toward the end of 2014. They asked the two residents to sell their homes to Gattineri, which would give BCWC space to become a “fullt i m e c o m m e rc i a l w a t e r distribution facility.� “This would involve heavy
commercial water tankers and trucks rumbling through our entire neighborhood,� said the abutters. In April 2015, BCWC began unauthorized construction in the property’s wetlands and buffer zone. But, the abutters said, no action was taken by the town, and large box trucks were constantly in and out of their neighborhood for the remainder of the year. Unauthorized construction was reported once again on July 23, 2016, to install a stone retaining wall, a pool and other “invasive activities.� As a result, the abutters said, “severe damage was inflicted on the wetlands and the buffer zone.� The matter was brought
before the Conser vation Commission on July 25, 2016, and BCWC received a work stoppage order two days later. Yet the antics continued – a BCWC employee was observed urinating in Sievers’s backyard on Aug. 31, 2016. The very next day, both police and fire officials responded to an “uncontained� fire at BCWC, where employees had gathered and were socializing. In addition, on Oct. 7, 2016, a water tanker was moved into Sievers’s backyard without his permission. In March of this year, the abutters reported hearing screams coming from BCWC. Three individuals were then seen running to a truck and
speeding away before the police could be called. One night in May, a car radio was heard“blaring�music at 9:30 p.m. On that occasion, the police were called in time and instructed the owner of the vehicle to collect their water and leave the premises. But abutters said they also heard music throughout the night from BCWC on May 7. On June 2, abutters said that Gattineri parked his car across an abutter’s driveway and also began spray-painting a driveway one week later.When confronted by the abutter, Gattineri reportedly responded with
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or the last couple of decades, the local music scene has literally hit a wall. It just doesn’t exist unless you want to hit a club in the Financial District to see nationally ranked bands you’ve never heard of opening for an international act on Commonwealth Avenue to 350 people. For the Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers who’ve grown up and moved to the North Shore and
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miss the bygone days of The Channel, The Rat, or Bunratty’s, their time has finally made its comeback at Breakaway on Newbury Street in Danvers. The former Tavern on the Green just south of Rte. 62 features a restaurant, function rooms and a 350-person capacity Music Hall with a brand-new sound system, air-conditioning and a very large parking lot
BREAKAWAY | SEE PAGE 4