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NSTAR Herbicide Update

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

NSTAR sent nearly identical letters to Eastham and Wellfleet late Wednesday afternoon announcing it would postpone spraying herbicides along power lines in these towns until June 2010.  Eastham town officials expressed opposition to the spraying in a meeting with NSTAR August 19.  Wellfleet followed suit September 1. Both towns have proposed legislating town-wide bans on [...]

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Herbicide Update

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Two selectman and three residents of Eastham met Wednesday with three representatives of NStar to offer the electric company a free brush clearing brigade if it would agree to halt all plans this year to spray herbicides along its power lines.  NStar had planned to begin a program in June to kill vegetation growing under [...]

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NSTAR and Herbicides: Ask a Simple Question

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on August 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Between 150 and 200 forceful, angry people showed up last night at Nauset Regional High School in Eastham to oppose NSTAR’s plan to use herbicides to clear brush along Outer Cape power lines.  At the end of the meeting, after nearly everyone had cleared out, Jared Collins asked a simple question. His question set off [...]

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