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Needham Conservation

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Want to Join The Needham Conservation Committee?

The Needham Conservation Committee has a vacancy, no specific experience is required.

  If you know the Wetlands Protection Act, then the Board of Selectmen may want to speak with you.  The seven-member Needham Conservation Commission is appointed by the Board of Selectmen--and there is now a vacancy, according to an announcement on the Needham town website.  The group is responsible for administering the Wetlands Protection Act, and oversees conservation lands in town. They also oversee things like Wetlands Cleanup and Walking Week, and care for the Ridge Hill trails. No specific experience is required, but they would like someone with familiarity with the Wetlands Protection Act. If you are interested, send a letter of interest to scincotta@needhamma.gov, or go to the Town Website and fill out a committee application form…

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

PHOTOS: Local, State Officials Celebrate New Improvement to Hemlock Gorge

A ribbon cutting was held on Monday, Nov. 19 at Hemlock Gorge for a recently rebuilt dike, which replaced a century-old structure.

Well, one could say it all started with a Barbie doll.  "I want to acknowledge the person who really got this thing rolling...and I do of course mean, Barbie," Newton Alderman-at-Large Brian Yates said during a ribbon cutting at Hemlock Gorge Monday afternoon.  Yates acknowledged this gem sent around to local media outlets and blogs in the spring of 2011 by Upper Falls resident (and Newton Patch blogger) Jerry Reilly. The photo and news release talk about a brave Barbie doll who plugged up a hole in the leaky Hemlock Gorge Dike "From there, it just snowballed," Yates said with a smile.  After seven months of construction, Newton, Needham and Department of Conservation and Recreation officials celebrated a newly reconstructed dike and …

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