In production

Monday, Oct. 17, is the new hearing date for Richard Hayne's request to make cheese and tomato products for wholesale use at his Springdell farm, which comprises the former Thouron and Tony Young properties. Mr. Hayne has applied for conditional use permission from West Marlborough Township to make the products, even though for months he has already been making cheese (which has won awards for quality) and selling it at his Terrain stores and area farmers' markets. The hearing will start at 7:30 p.m. at the township hall in Doe Run.
At its Oct. 4 meeting the township planning commission discussed what its response should be to the request. They drafted a letter to the board of supervisors stating the following recommendations: (1) that the use never become "intensive"; (2) that the current production capacity be determined and not increased; (3) that the use not change the character of the neighborhood, for instance by markedly increasing truck traffic; and (4) that the supervisors pay particular attention to mitigating light and glare coming from the farm's large greenhouses.