Leominster Conservation Commission closes school demolition hearing, issues wetland enforcement order

LEOMINSTER -- April 28, 2026, Leominster Conservation Commission unanimously cleared two major projects and issued a split-vote cease-and-desist against an unpermitted backyard excavation at its April 28 meeting. The five-member board, chaired by Stephanie Quinlan, voted 5-0 to close hearings and issue orders of conditions for drainage improvements at Burrage and Monoosnoc avenues and for the demolition and replacement of Fall Brook Elementary School at 25 Decicco Drive, the school project conditioned on execution of an on-site conservation restriction before any Certificate of Compliance is issued and full compliance with Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program turtle protection requirements. A mixed-use redevelopment at 68, 70, and 72 Pleasant Street and an EV charging station proposal at 162 Hamilton Street, where a 550-square-foot concrete pad would introduce structural fill into a Bordering Land Subject to Flooding area near the Nashua River, were both continued to May 12. The enforcement order at 10 Wildflower Road, against a homeowner who proceeded with boulder and excavator work after being told a Notice of Intent was required and then stopped returning calls, passed 3-1-1, with Vice Chair Richard Gullick, Chuck Raymond, and Jordan Vachon in favor, Nick Venti opposed, and Quinlan abstaining as a direct abutter.