57 Acres Added to Reservation

You can’t visit it now. But 57 acres are already added to the Blue Hills. On July 30th, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) purchased 57 acres for $198,000 to add to the Blue Hills Reservation. In a year or so, when construction of a sewer line is...

Mile-a-minute in the news

The mile-a-minute vine made the news yesterday. Click here for the full story. Here’s an excerpt. The “state conservation land in Canton” that they mention? You guessed it! The Blue Hills!But the worst infestation in the state is on state...

Mini Fenway Update

From today’s Sun Chronicle newspaper:No vote on NA Fenway replicaNORTH ATTLEBORO – Calling the reasons for the request “unacceptable,” selectmen decided not to vote on whether to allow Mini Fenway developers more time to refine plans for the...

Cell Tower Voted Down

At the Milton Board of Appeals meeting last Tuesday, the Board rejected T-Mobile’s proposal to build a cell tower at Camp Sayer. For a Boston Globe article on the vote, click here. Below is FBH’s second letter to the Board of Appeals. Here’s our...

Camp Sayre Cell Tower Rejected

Tonight the Milton Board of Appeals rejected an application by T-Mobile to erect and operate a 120 foot cell tower at Camp Sayre, a Boy Scout property that abuts the Blue Hills Reservation on Unquity Road. The Board relied chiefly on a conservation restriction that...