Helicopter to Be Used in Mosquito Spraying

Don't fret if you see a low-flying helicopter in town this week.

If you see a low-flying helicopter this week, don't freak out, officials are spraying a "relatively non-toxic pesticide" for mosquitoes. According to a notice by the Burlington Board of Health, the East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project will be conducting a helicopter application of the biological larvicide, Bti, to control mosquito larvae over the Vine Brook Swamp adjacent to Terrace Hall Avenue and Woodside Lane in Burlington.  The application will take place between April 17 and April 25, the release states. The Bti will be applied in a granular formulation by a helicopter flying low directly over the wetland. According to the Board of Health, residents do not need to take any special precautions for this application. The material to …

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Interested in Keeping Chickens? You Can Have Up to Six Without Planning Board Approval

Burlington Town Meeting approved a zoning bylaw that eases the process for those who want to keep hen chickens.

Town Meeting voted on Monday to a zoning bylaw change that makes it easier for people looking to keep up to six chickens in their yard. The change was to Burlington Zoning Bylaw 4.3.1.12 which read as "The keeping of animals other than the usual household pets, subject to restrictions of the Board of Health." The bylaw now reads "The keeping of animals, other than the usual household pets or more than 6 hen chickens; subject to the restriction of the Board of Health." The zoning this applies to is RO, or one-family dwelling districts. The change means that anyone looking to keep up to six hen chickens no longer need approval by the Planning Board. They must still get approval by the Board of Health and follow the regulations put forward by…

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Richard Hosford

10:41 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013

J. Parker, haha, sadly not. Though I will say the whole 'roosters only crowing at dawn' thing is a farce. When I was in the Peace Corps in Bolivia the family that were my neighbors had a couple of roosters and they would start making noise at about 3 a.m. Way before I wanted my alarm to go off!   more ›

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