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Pigs can remain on farm for now ; Conservation commission delays action on complaints
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Eight pigs in a pit of controversy will have at least another
month to graze on the Appleton property.
The conservation commission, which oversees the town land, has
delayed a vote on the pigs' fate until its next meeting.
Vincent Bucca, who leases the field in exchange for maintaining
it, says the pigs can do what machines cannot: they pull up roots
and stones while also fertilizing the land for farming.
But neighbor Eliot Beal has complained of noise and foul smells
waft...
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