Conservation

Charlton Conservation Commission closed a long-running telecommunications tower hearing and continued reviews of two major development projects at its July 15 session.

CHARLTON — June 17, 2026 — Charlton Conservation Commission recommended a graduated noncriminal fine schedule for stormwater violations and acted on a full docket of development hearings at its June 17 meeting. Conservation and Stormwater Director Rose Conway proposed a three-tier schedule — $50 for a first offense, $100 for a second,

Charlton Conservation Commission recommended a graduated noncriminal fine schedule for stormwater violations and acted on a full docket of development hearings at its June 17 meeting.

Charlton Conservation Commission closes public hearing on Little Nugget Lake aquatic management program.

CHARLTON — May 13, 2026 — Charlton Conservation Commission orders Worcester Road construction site stabilized within 14 business days or face daily fines. Conservation and Stormwater Director Rose Conway read into the record a May 12 site inspection report by outside monitor Art Allen describing at least five acres of exposed, unstabilized

Charlton Conservation Commission orders Worcester Road construction site stabilized within 14 business days or face daily fines.

CHARLTON — March 25, 2026 — Charlton Conservation Commission gives industrial property owner 14 days to stabilize six cleared acres or pay $300-per-day fines. The commission voted unanimously at its March 25 meeting to issue a formal enforcement order against the owner of 253 Worcester Road, identified in discussion as

CHARLTON — March 11, 2026 — Charlton Conservation Commission approved five actions and continued two hearings at its March 11 meeting. The commission closed public hearings and issued orders of conditions for a transmission line upgrade along Carpenter Hill Road replacing 60 wooden poles with steel structures along line U-173, and

CHARLTON — February 11, 2026 — Charlton Conservation Commission voted unanimously to fine the owner of 60 City Depot Road for stormwater violations after a January 14 EPA inspection found no tracking pad, an unpermitted trench near wetlands, unposted required signage, and a false claim to federal inspectors that McClure Engineering was

Charlton Conservation Commission continued a scaled-back 33-unit multifamily housing proposal at 35 North Main Street to February 11 and ratified two enforcement orders against a Worcester Road property owner whose unpermitted six-acre clearing sent sediment roughly 100 feet into a bordering vegetat