LOCAL OPPOSITION EMERGES

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FBH was given a copy of this letter at a meeting of the Randolph Planning Board on March 25th, 2002. (text version)
     In it the Conservation Commission addresses the four legislators who received a letter from the selectmen a month earlier asking that a bill be filed conveying 3.2 acres of Blue Hills Reservation parkland to Lantana.
    The first public notice of the proposal had appeared in the Patriot-Ledger on Feb. 16th. At that time nobody knew much about the land Lantana owner Hart was offering in return, but all were familiar with the land he wanted, which has nearly 400 feet of frontage on a major town road.
     In their letter the Randolph Conservation Commission comes down squarely against selling the undisturbed parkland on High St. to Lantana. But legislation authorizing the sale had been filed by Sen. Joyce twelve days earlier, and the Commission's protest had no impact on its fate.

        
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