#rockland-monopole

Feb. 27 meeting

ROCKLAND — “Something could be installed tomorrow and no one has to tell the City,” said Councilor Sarah Austin. “That’s my concern.”

At a Feb. 13 vote of four to one, with Councilor …

ROCKLAND – A defense attorney specializing in cell tower litigation has been put on retainer for three members of the Rockland Planning Board caught up in a legal battle with Bay Communications,…

opinion: ‘Let the light in. Leave the muzzles off by having a public meeting’

I am in an interesting position. Having not been involved in any Executive Sessions (ES) discussing the cell tower I am not bound by any confidentiality agreement. That may change this Wednesday.…

ROCKLAND — The ongoing controversy in Rockland concerning a proposed cellular tower to be constructed on Route 1 in a business/residential zone took another turn Jan. 13 when attorneys filed a…

ROCKLAND — “I don’t think this attorney has been fair to us,” said Board Chair Eric Laustsen. “I think he’s put us, personally, in jeopardy. And I resent that. We have had nothing to do with this…

‘We thought we had substantial reasons why we denied this application’

ROCKLAND — “I can guarantee you that none of us thought that we were on shaky ground,” said Rockland Planning Board Chair Eric Laustsen. “We thought we had substantial reasons why we denied this…

Building permit to be issued: ‘this battle in court is not winnable for the City of Rockland’

ROCKLAND —A settlement has been reached between the private company that wanted to site a monopole in Rockland and the city. The settlement stipulates that Bay Communications, the City and the…

ROCKLAND — Rockland City Council members have approved an ordinance and amended a special-use class ordinance as a way to further establish guidelines around future cell tower proposals within…

ROCKLAND — In a 3 - 0 vote, with one abstention, an application to construct a cell tower on Camden Street in Rockland was denied by the Rockland Planning Board, Tuesday, Feb. 18. The applicant’s…

ROCKLAND — A Rockland Planning Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 4, to continue review of a proposed cell tower on Camden Street has been postponed until further notice while the City…

ROCKLAND — “Maybe there ought to be some way to catch balls that we dropped,” said Rockland City Councilor Valli Geiger. “But, indeed, we dropped a ball.”

As many Rockland residents…

ROCKLAND — A mother of a child with heart problems. The family who coincidentally put their house on the market just as a monopole tower proposal became public and say they now are unable attract…

Neighbors concerned about lights, height, environmental and health effects
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Planning Board will continue its consideration of an application from a Massachusetts business to site a 120-foot communications pole, topped…
Area would be surrounded by a six-foot tall chain link fence topped with three strands of barbed wire

ROCKLAND — A company associated with AT&T is seeking Rockland’s approval to erect a $150,000, 120-foot monopole cell tower at 182 Camden Street (Route 1), which is a .79-acre lot currently…