09/09/2025
"On Monday, Sept. 8, New Bedford City Councilman Leo Choquette came before the Select Board to explain what the proposed project is and how it could affect the town of Dartmouth.
He said his immediate concerns are based on the water and what could happen if the station were to breach.
According to Choquette, if there were to be a breach, the water in the Acushnet Cedar Swamp, which surrounds the New Bedford business park, could leach into Three Mile Pond, which is the headwaters for the Paskamansett River."
Parallel Products, a New Bedford-based waste management organization, is looking to establish a new trash transfer station in New Bedford’s business park and now one member of New Bedford’s city council is looking for the town of Dartmouth’s help to...