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Route 95-128 Bridge Project
Posted April 2002 ; Updated January 2010 FBH is closely following the progress for the planned reconstruction of the Route 95/128 bridge over the Neponset River by the Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD). MHD recently submitted a Notice of Project Change as part of...
I-95/I-93/University Avenue Interchange
Posted October, 2002 ; Updated January, 2010 FBH Comments on Major Highway Redesign Project Friends of the Blue Hills has been working with MassHighway on the major redesign of the I-95/I-93/University Avenue interchange and on October 11, 2002 submitted comments on...
Brookwood Farm Barn
The Patriot Ledger has posted some great photos of North Bennett Street students working on rebuilding the Brookwood Farm barn. Click here to check out the photos and electronic version of the below article. (Photo: students cutting the 'cogs' that the floor joists...
Temporary Brookwood Barn
For the last couple of weeks, North Bennet School students have been re-building a model of the English 18th century barn that was originally on the site. The students are practicing replicating the original two-bay building with wide pine vertical siding, shake roof...
Milton ZBA: Good Decision
Last night the three-member Milton Zoning Board of Appeals upheld the scenic value and integrity of the Blue Hills by voting to oppose the construction of a 140-foot cell tower on the off-ramp to Route 93 at Houghton's Pond. The Friends of the Blue Hills would like to...
Indian Line Farm Event in Canton Citizen
For the on-line version, click here. Public considers future uses for Indian Line Farm, former airport siteBy Jay Turner, Citizen Staff Defenders and promoters of the need for more open space in the town of Canton may one day be rewarded with a pair of natural...
Indian Line Farm Community Meeting
Community Brainstorm Emphasizes Preserving Ecology of Indian Line Farm Canton, Massachusetts, April 3, 2009 – Last night, over 50 people attended a Community Meeting at the Bradley Estate to brainstorm how the portion of Blue Hills Reservation called Indian Line Farm...
Maps of Indian Line Farm
We hope to see you at tomorrow's Community Meeting and Brainstorming on Indian Line Farm. See maps for the location of this portion of the Blue Hills Reservation.For information about tomorrow's event, click here.
Lantana Land Swap: Anatomy of a Giveaway
Updated April, 2009 The Lantana Land Swap is a scheme intended to convey over three acres of undisturbed Blue Hills Reservation woodlands on High St. in Randolph to a commercial abutter for a 408-space parking lot. Background FBH has vigorously questioned this plan...
Indian Line Farm
Updated April, 2009 Indian Line Farm, a 44-acre parcel of land within the Blue Hills Reservation, is a historic landscape with enormous cultural and natural value. Yet the open fields and woodlands of this parcel remain at particular risk of development. The Farm is...
Lantana Land Swap in the News
While the below article notes that the Governor’s website is used as a public forum for discussion rather than a way to get in touch with the Governor Deval Patrick, we will be bringing the petition when we meet with the DCR Commissioner to demonstrate community...
The Boston Globe Discusses the Impacts of the Mini Fenway Park Project
The mini Fenway Park project, destined to be built in Quincy, is a proposed replica of Fenway Park dedicated to children. The project has been in the works for many years, but no ground has yet been broken on account of the vital salamander, frog, and rattlesnake...
Lantana in the Boston Globe
Last Sunday, The Boston Globe published an article on the Lantana land swap. Here's a version of the letter that FBH Advocacy Co-chair, Bob Quinn, submitted to The Patriot Ledger on this issue. Lantana Land Grab Not a Win-Win Situation The Patriot Ledger reported on...
Big Yellow Boondoggle
A post from John B. Sheehan: “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone” Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi Since it was established in 1893, the 7000 acre Blue Hills Reservation in Quincy, Milton, Canton, Braintree, Randolph and...