LEOMINSTER — The August 18 Planning Board meeting saw tensions flare as residents who came to oppose a controversial apartment project at 86 Orchard Hill Park Drive were told they could not speak because the applicant had requested a continuance.
The project — a proposed multifamily residential development — was scheduled for discussion, but the developer sent a written request to postpone the hearing until September 15 due to unresolved issues before the Leominster Conservation Commission.
Bill Brady of 214 Harvard Street, then approached the podium and told the board that residents deserved to be heard even if the developer was not present…