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| September 24, 2008
| Megan Woolhouse
Posted on 09/27/2008 4:27:30 PM PDT by Lorianne
Tewksbury may be a picturesque New England town, but a fight over a pig farm's stench has the community in an uproar, frustrating public officials and turning neighbors into bitter enemies.
Today, one of the largest pig farms in the state sits in the midst of a growing suburban community of 30,000. Pigs live in neighborhoods where sport utility vehicles rule and backyard swimming pools are increasingly the norm. At Krochmal Farm, named for farmers who tilled the land generations ago, more than 900 pigs live in a barn perched atop a 500,000 gallon manure pit, all of which sits a light breeze away from vast tracts of ranch houses and minimansions.
"We have a unique situation here," said state Senator Susan Tucker, Democrat of Andover, who is leading an effort to regulate the farms. "When families can't go outside on hot summer days, something is wrong."
Some complaints come from residents at a luxury subdivision next to the farm, even though the people who live there signed a legal document recognizing the farm's existence at the time of purchase and the pig farm was there long before the residents.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: pigfarm
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posted on
09/27/2008 4:27:30 PM PDT
by
Lorianne
To: Lorianne
2
posted on
09/27/2008 4:30:34 PM PDT
by
VoiceOfBruck
(Better get your coat, dear, it looks like rain)
To: Lorianne
So, some folks bought land to build McMansions, signed a document stating that they knew a pig farm was next door and now they want the pig farm to shut down.
Uh, huh. Right.
Idiots.
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posted on
09/27/2008 4:33:00 PM PDT
by
trimom
To: Lorianne
...more than 900 pigs live in a barn perched atop a 500,000 gallonmanure pit, all of which sits a light breeze away from vast tracts of ranch houses and minimansions.I bet the local realtors paid close attention to wind direction when showing the houses!
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posted on
09/27/2008 4:33:35 PM PDT
by
VoiceOfBruck
(Better get your coat, dear, it looks like rain)
To: Lorianne
'"We have a unique situation here," said state Senator Susan Tucker, Democrat of Andover, who is leading an effort to regulate the farms. "When families can't go outside on hot summer days, something is wrong."'Stupid people. They were totally unaware there was a pig farm nearby? Idiots. Give 'em gas masks.
The same thing happens to shooting ranges and dairy farms, et al. Regulate them out of business.
And these people vote? Crikey!
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posted on
09/27/2008 4:33:50 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Follow the dots: Davis, Ayers, Dohrn, Malley, SorosÂ… use a RED crayon.)
To: Lorianne
...the Aggies would say "tough $hit"....
go eat veggies!
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posted on
09/27/2008 4:36:15 PM PDT
by
pointsal
To: Lorianne
Airport syndrome. It doesn't matter that the farm was already there, it will be forced to shut down.
The same thing happened to this gun club in terms of surrounding developments, but they were able to move.
To: Lorianne
It became "horrific, like the bottom of a dumpster," Powers said. "I don't think a factory farm should be in a suburban Boston neighborhood."Err, bonehead. you got it ass backwards.
"I don't think a suburban Boston neighborhood should be in a factory farm."
You signed documents telling you, you were moving next to a pig farm
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posted on
09/27/2008 4:38:41 PM PDT
by
Popman
(McCain as POTUS is odious, Obama as POTUS is unthinkable.)
To: Lorianne
I’m sure the homeowners figured they could shut down the piggery eventually through legal means later, thereby increasing the value of their homes.
One should do a survey and find out if the people complaining are liberals and democrats. It wouldn’t surprise me of almost all of them are.
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posted on
09/27/2008 4:47:14 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: Lorianne
Some complaints come from residents at a luxury subdivision next to the farm, even though the people who live there signed a legal document recognizing the farm's existence at the time of purchase and the pig farm was there long before the residents. Tough....
never mind.
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posted on
09/27/2008 4:55:22 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Gabz
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posted on
09/27/2008 4:57:08 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
09/27/2008 4:57:37 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: coconutt2000
Hmmm...let me guess, the McMansion crowd did not try to buy the pig farm, they appealed to the Dhimmi Senatrex, who of course will use extra legal means..
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posted on
09/27/2008 4:58:55 PM PDT
by
padre35
(Sarah Palin is the one we've been waiting for..Rom 10.10..)
To: Lorianne
The same thing is going on here in Iowa where the college professors and elite professionals want to move out “to the country” then raise a stink (pun intended) about the smell.
There’s a house down the road going for $444K or so that is next door to a farm with an expanding hog confinement facility. Nice house and can’t see the hog farm from there, but I doubt it will sell at that price unless someone from “the country” buys it...;)
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posted on
09/27/2008 5:07:38 PM PDT
by
callthemlikeyouseethem
(Miss England: "Even moderate Muslims are turning to terrorism to prove themselves.")
To: metmom; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Some complaints come from residents at a luxury subdivision next to the farm, even though the people who live there signed a legal document recognizing the farm's existence at the time of purchase and the pig farm was there long before the residents. What part of "pig farm" didn't you understand?
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posted on
09/27/2008 5:08:20 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
To: Lorianne
ay-say utway?
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posted on
09/27/2008 5:10:00 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Big Government is the opiate of the masses.)
To: Lorianne
If the farm was there first, then it’s too bad for the idiots who moved in without knowing their neighbors.
Of course the farm will be stolen by rezoning or imminent domain and the farmer will be SOL.
It’s the new American Way.
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posted on
09/27/2008 5:12:24 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
("Shut the hell up, New York Times, you sanctimonious whining jerks!" - Craig Ferguson)
To: Lorianne
Awwwww....I thought this was a thread aout the crappy Arkansas Razorback game......LOL
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posted on
09/27/2008 5:14:24 PM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(Well....................................That's .....that.........)
To: coconutt2000
They need a big wind with that manure going directly to the homeowners and their homes.
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posted on
09/27/2008 5:18:20 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: Lorianne
The homeonwers I would say are the pigs.
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posted on
09/27/2008 5:18:41 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
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