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Natick Paperboard Project

By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
Fri Jan 22, 2010, 10:46 AM EST
NATICK – The state has ruled that the stormwater runoff plan for the former Natick Paperboard Factory site and the Walnut Hill area does not meet environmental standards, stopping the project, at least temporarily.
Developer Barberry Homes plans to build 138 apartments and 12 townhouses on [...]

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DEP decision halts Natick Paperboard project – Framingham, MA – The MetroWest Daily News

January 21, 2010

The MetroWest Daily News
Posted Jan 21, 2010 @ 02:38 PM
NATICK —The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ruled on Jan. 12 that the storm-water runoff plan for the former Natick Paperboard Factory site and the Walnut Hill area did not meet the standards of the Wetlands Protection Act, thus stopping the project at least temporarily.
The proposed [...]

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Report documents contamination at Natick Paperboard site – Natick, MA – Natick Bulletin and Tab

July 24, 2009

By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
Fri Jul 24, 2009, 02:48 PM EDT
NATICK – Conclusions of the latest report on the contamination at the former Natick Paperboard Factory site, released yesterday, find that some danger exists from the unpaved areas and from stormwater runoff going into a nearby brook.
The Phase II Comprehensive Site Assessment, written by environmental [...]

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Natick Paperboard cleanup project gets go ahead – Natick, MA – Natick Bulletin and Tab

April 4, 2009

By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
Sat Apr 04, 2009, 12:39 PM EDT
NATICK – The Conservation Commission approved a set of conditions for the Land Disturbance Permit for the proposed apartment complex on the old Natick Paperboard Factory site, but will have an independent environmental engineer oversee the cleanup work.
A 138-apartment complex with a dozen townhouses has [...]

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Neighbors say PCBs should halt Natick Paperboard project – Natick, MA – Natick Bulletin and Tab

March 28, 2009

By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
Sat Mar 28, 2009, 02:24 PM EDT
NATICK – Neighbors of the Natick Paperboard Factory site hope the discovery of PCBs might alter or stop a planned residential project there. Proponents say it is not a major finding and can be cleaned easily.
Other hazardous materials have been found on the site at [...]

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Board rules against wetland designation for Natick land – Natick, MA – Natick Bulletin and Tab

December 6, 2008

By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
Sat Dec 06, 2008, 09:47 PM EST
NATICK – The Conservation Commission ruled Thursday that an area of the former Natick Paperboard Factory property does not qualify as a wetland.
Michael Carr, owner of the Natick Mills property next door, asked the board to examine the piece of land, which is in a [...]

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Drainage plan unveiled for Paperboard site – Natick, MA – Natick Bulletin and Tab

December 4, 2008

By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
Thu Dec 04, 2008, 12:11 PM EST
NATICK – Developers of the former Natick Paperboard factory presented a proposal to the Planning Board last night to solve drainage problems, which have also spilled over onto a neighboring property.
Barberry Homes has proposed building 150 units, most of which will be one- and two-bedroom [...]

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Neighbors push for cleanup of Natick Paperboard site – Natick, MA – Natick Bulletin and Tab

November 23, 2008

By Charlie Breitrose/Daily News staff
Sun Nov 23, 2008, 06:50 PM EST
NATICK – Neighbors of the former Natick Paperboard appealed to the Conservation Commission, Tuesday, to have factory site completely cleared of contamination before a planned housing project commences.
Developer Jim Williamson of Barberry Homes has proposed a complex of 138 apartments and 12 townhouses. Barberry's environmental [...]

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Residents upset over change of plans – Natick, MA – Natick Bulletin and Tab

November 20, 2008

By Charlie Breitrose/Staff Writer
Thu Nov 20, 2008, 02:52 PM EST
NATICK -
When developers of the former Natick Paperboard came to Town Meeting in 2006 to request rezoning for residential use, it was billed as a condominium complex.
Two years later, the project is in front of the Planning Board and other town committees as a rental complex [...]

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Are developments coming at a cost? – Natick, MA – Natick Bulletin and Tab

October 3, 2008

By Charlie Breitrose
Fri Oct 03, 2008, 03:32 PM EDT
NATICK – ]Last month’s approval of the Chapter 40B housing project on Chrysler Road by the Zoning Board should allow the town to reach its affordable housing goal, but some say the new developments have forever changed the town for the worse.
The fact that two large housing [...]

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