Tensions flare at New Bedford Board of Health meeting on trash transfer site

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Throughout the hearing some in the auditorium shouted, “Just say no,” prompting the hearing official in charge of the New Bedford Board of Health meeting, Art Krieger, to warn the crowd to quiet down several times. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection gave its approval to the trash transfer station in July. Throughout August, the city Board of Health hosted a series of public hearings at Casimir Pulaski Elementary School to get public comment and to discuss the potential health and environmental impacts of such a facility. Throughout August, the city Board of Health hosted a series of public hearings at Casimir Pulaski Elementary School to solicit public comment and discuss the potential health and environmental impacts of a waste facility. New Bedford’s Board of Health is slated to issue a final decision on the site by September 19.