Peeling Back the Wrapper on the Narrative

Water, Housing, Education- What is really going on and whose Interests are being served?

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A letter titled Admiring the finery, ignoring the supply written by Andy Cozzi, a retired geologist, raised the issue of unusually low water levels of Knickerbocker Lake

Finery is easily interpreted as the newly installed cultivated landscape at the Boothbay Center, bought and paid for by developer Paul Coulombe, who habitually shows no regard for environmental issues. The Center make-over is a visual extension of the Country Club. Later, Clifford Park added two large asphalt parking lots on the hilltop that slopes down into Adam’s Pond, the Town’s main water supply.

Google AI says, “Asphalt contaminates water through runoff, which can carry heavy metals and microplastics from roads and asphalt sealers into aquatic ecosystems. Additionally, the heat-absorbing properties of asphalt contribute to the urban heat island effect, further impacting air quality, which can carry heavy metals and microplastics from roads and asphalt sealers into aquatic ecosystem…