by sb | Feb 28, 2025 | Civil Litigation, Conservation, Government Accountability, Municipal & Land Use
Robert Blechl rblechl@caledonian-record.com Staff Writer New Hampshire’s land use court is questioning an October Littleton Planning Board rehearing regarding the contested gravel pit in Littleton that has been in litigation for several years. In 2023, the planning...
by sb | Nov 22, 2024 | Civil Litigation, Conservation, Municipal & Land Use, Uncategorized
Robert Blechl rblechl@caledonian-record.com Staff Writer The Littleton Planning Board’s approval of an excavation permit for a gravel pit at the Bethlehem town line is back in court for a second time, after the board declined a motion for a rehearing and the...
by sb | Oct 13, 2024 | Civil Litigation, Conservation, Government Accountability, Municipal & Land Use, Uncategorized
Robert Blechl rblechl@caledonian-record.com Staff Writer Following a rehearing mandated by superior court in June, the closest abutters to a gravel pit in Littleton are requesting another rehearing on the argument that the Littleton Planning Board again failed to...
by sb | Jun 21, 2024 | Civil Litigation, Conservation, Government Accountability, Municipal & Land Use, Uncategorized
Robert Blechl rblechl@caledonian-record.com Staff Writer Following an appeal by abutters in 2023, a superior court judge this week reversed the Littleton Planning Board’s approval for a gravel pit near the Bethlehem town line. In his order issued on Wednesday,...
by sb | Jun 13, 2023 | Civil Litigation, Conservation, Government Accountability, Municipal & Land Use, Uncategorized
Robert Blechl rblechl@caledonian-record.com Staff Writer As the Littleton Planning Board’s conditional approval of a gravel pit off Alder Brook Road remains under appeal by abutters at superior court, the road itself, and whether it is a private or Class VI town road,...
by sb | May 12, 2023 | Civil Litigation, Conservation, Government Accountability, Municipal & Land Use, Uncategorized
Residents Seek Rehearing After ZBA Grants Special Exception For Gravel Pit May 12, 2023 Robert Blechl, Caledonian Record “LITTLETON — As a Littleton Planning Board public hearing nears for a requested excavation permit for a gravel pit, some abutters are...
by sb | May 4, 2023 | Civil Litigation, Conservation, Government Accountability, Municipal & Land Use, Uncategorized
Public Hearing On Excavation Permit Request Scheduled For May 30 Robert Blechl rblechl@caledonian-record.com Staff Writer LITTLETON — The Littleton Planning Board on Tuesday concluded that the gravel pit located at 173 Alder Brook Road and accessed through the...
by sb | Jun 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Town of Grantham completed the purchase of the 385-acre Sawyer Brook Headwaters Property and transfer of a conservation easement to the Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust. The Town appropriated $250,000 toward the acquisition at its 2019 Town Meeting, while...
by sb | Mar 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Among their updates in the Town’s 2019 Annual Report, the Grantham Board of Selectmen wrote: “Our major accomplishment was the acquisition of the Sawyer Brook Headwaters parcel of nearly 400 acres, which is now preserved for conservation purposes. We are...
by sb | Mar 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Grantham 2019 Annual Report Update by Sheridan Brown Thanks to the generosity of Grantham residents, private donors, and funding from two state grant programs, the 385-acre Sawyer Brook Headwaters Property will be permanently protected. While Grantham is keeping its...
by sb | Jul 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Town acquires 60% share of parcel and must now raise funds to acquire remaining acreage. Grantham, NH – (7/1) Today the Town of Grantham (“Town”) acquired a roughly sixty percent share of the 386-acre Sawyer Brook Headwaters Parcel (“Parcel”) on Upper Dunbar Hill Road...
by sb | Sep 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Proposal by Town and Nonprofit Partners Would Have Conserved 385 Acres Grantham, NH – (9/20) The Town of Grantham (“Town”) has cancelled its October 23 Special Town Meeting to consider a three hundred thousand dollar ($300,000) appropriation toward acquiring a 385...
