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Portsmouth's planning board will meet this evening at 7pm in Town Hall to consider (once again) a request for a road bisecting the town's working Alpaca farm (previous coverage.) Preserve Portsmouth is mobilizing supporters to attend the meeting, and sent out the flier (left) and this e-mail today:

Reminder about the Glen Ridge Alpaca Farm meeting this evening.

The Portsmouth Planning Board has voted 4/3 to deny approval of an access emergency road (once a paper road) through the alpaca farm property but there is an appeal to the zoning board in place that will be reviewed on Thursday night [...]. If the the road is passed - it will force the farm to close cutting the barn off from the pasture.

This is the story of a small historic farm being threatened by development. The alpaca farm has CRMC, DEM, the Portsmouth Police and Fire Chief, Ted Clement from Aquidneck Land Trust, Preserve Portsmouth, Greenvale Vineyards on their side but this is not enough.

This will be the only subject of this meeting. For further details call the farm and ask for Ann: 401 529 4427.
— Preserve Portsmouth

Full disclosure: I am a member of Preserve Portsmouth. I like alpacas and farms. Roads, not so much.