BERLIN — The grassroots group known as ACT-Berlin as of June 4 had 900 signatures on its petition to stop the Dummer Yard landfill remediation project from moving forward.
A dozen or so people met inside the Berlin Rec Center last week to learn more about the proposal that ACT-Berlin says would harm property values of homes near the former landfill.
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