Selectman Sisitsky: NSTAR Tree Cutting a 'Public Relations Disaster'
Residents of the Oaks neighborhood, who appealed to Framingham Selectmen, were able to question NSTAR face-to-face at a special meeting on the utility company's tree cutting; but received few answers.
After NSTAR left mangled leaves and tree branches around the Oaks Neighborhood, cut trees down to the stump instead of just trimming branches at Reardon Park, took out trees on scenic Lake Road and tried to cut trees at Saxonville Beach, Framingham neighborhoods appealed to Framingham Selectmen and Town Leaders to order the company to explain their actions. Wednesday night Framingham Selectmen held a special meeting to address residents concerns and to hear what NSTAR had to say. About 150 concerned residents attended the meeting, as did all five selectmen, NSTAR Community Relations and Economic Specialist, JoAnne O’Leary and Framingham Tree Warden Dan Nau. Opening the meeting by calling the situation with NSTAR, “a public relations …
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Joe Rizoli
11:52 am on Thursday, May 31, 2012
Power outages can be from one street to the next without rhyme or reason. So one area person can't speak for the whole area. I think this meeting was good but it came a little late. This should have happened months ago with a plan that N-Star wanted to do for the area. Maybe the people legally couldn't stop everything but at least they would have had a say. Shame on this multi million dollar … more ›