Freetown Conservation Commission Approves Four Wetlands Determinations at November Meeting

FREETOWN — November 27, 2023 — Freetown Conservation Commission cleared four wetlands cases and issued a certificate of compliance at its November 27 meeting. The three-member board — Chair Charlie Sullivan, Margaret French, and Chris Mather — unanimously approved negative determinations under criterion three of the Wetlands Protection Act for properties on Algonquin Way, 49 Winfield Street, and 1 Ross Circle, with the Ross Circle approval conditioned on a properly staked silt sock installation. The board also approved plans as submitted for a home addition and detached garage at 4 Hereon Avenue and issued a long-deferred certificate of compliance for 46 Bartle Road after the commission's new full-time clerk tracked down the unresolved file. Sullivan disclosed that the clerk Victoria's salary is funded entirely through the Planning Board's budget — "kind of interesting," he said — and said the commission would discuss pursuing a dedicated conservation agent when the budget is reviewed at the December 11 meeting.