Yes, the Mountainside thing is ridiculous. I'm all for caring about the environment, but sometimes they just go too far. To not let people rebuild after a fire is just insane. I haven't heard anything since this article, but I hope they manage to come up with some kind of solution or win an appeal.
As for the valley chair, I'm thinking they started because they had tight timelines to get the blasting done and were either very confident they would get the act 250 permit or had some sort of plan B in mind.
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