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Neighbor resists pipeline clear-cutting By Christopher Roberson
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LHS Pioneers hockey players used their creativity off the ice to attract drivers to the Southside Fire Station parking lot for their annual car wash on Sunday, Sept. 10. Pictured from left, Dario Leach, Ronnie Fuccillo, Anthony Magwood, and Jack Lacoste. See page 2.
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s part of its right-of-way vegetation management activities, Kinder Morgan, owner of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, has been clearcutting trees at will across Lynnfield. Resident Helen Pimental of Durham Drive said Tennessee Gas installed a pipeline in 1952 that runs directly through what became her neighborhood 20 years later. Although she and her neighbors were notified about Kinder Morgan’s plans to take down trees, Pimental said they did not anticipate that extensive clear-cutting would take place. “We never expected this kind of devastation; it’s going everywhere; it’s going across Lynnfield and into North Reading,” she said, adding that one of her neighbors lost seven trees. “They clear-cut from Durham Drive to Lil’s Way. I don’t think people on the other side
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of Lynnfield know what’s coming their way.” Pimental said she has looked to the town for answers.“Somebody should be responsible for it, she said.” Pimental said she informed the Board of Selectmen about the problem. “The only one who looked into it further was Phil Crawford; I guess he just
PIPELINE | SEE PAGE 2
BCWC continues to get resistance from ConCom By Christopher Roberson
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aul Marchionda, project engineer for the Boston Clear Water Company (BCWC) and Attorney Julie Connolly, counsel for BCWC, quickly found themselves entangled with the Conservation Commission once again. During the Sept. 19 meeting, Marchionda presented a series of modifications regarding the proposed installation of a septic system as well as inspecting and possibly replacing a water supply line, putting in a walkway, building a vehicle storage area and adding onto the existing distribution building. The modifications included replacing the paved turn-around area with gravel, adding solar panels, having additional clearing around the spring and removing the rain garden. “We’ve stripped down the project, it’s now a very simple project,” said Marchionda. “It’s really very simplified.” However, Vice Chairman Donald Gentile disagreed and said more work needs to be done. “I appreciate that you scaled the project back, but I still view it as a very complex
project,” he said. “There’s still a lot going on, you’re requesting multiple variances.” Marchionda responded, saying that each variance is necessary. “We’re not dreaming this stuff up; it doesn’t make it more complex, it just makes it different,” he said. Although Marchionda disagreed, Chairman Paul Martindale said BCWC is looking to expand its footprint. “It’s an expansion, it’s not just a redevelopment,” he said. The town’s peer reviewer for the project, William Jones of Linden Engineering Partners, was not at the meeting as the commission bylaws stated that no more than $2,500 can be spent on peer review services. However, Connolly said that issue does not concern BCWC. “We didn’t write the Lynnfield Environmental Bylaw,” she said. Tempers flared when abutter John Sievers said that Marchionda had created plans that inaccurately represented his property line. “Marchionda is being disingenuous; every time he draws up a plan, our property line changes,” he said.
BCWC | SEE PAGE 13