Property owner calls quarry letter ‘dishonest’

  • Local landowner Mark Thompson (right) addresses Putnam County Planning & Zoning Commissioner Charles Gray at the end of a tumultuous meeting March 5, as another citizen shows Gray a document on his phone. IAN TOCHER/Staff
    Local landowner Mark Thompson (right) addresses Putnam County Planning & Zoning Commissioner Charles Gray at the end of a tumultuous meeting March 5, as another citizen shows Gray a document on his phone. IAN TOCHER/Staff
    A Putnam County landowner says a letter submitted to Putnam County Planning and Development in support of the proposed rock quarry alongside Dennis Station Road incorrectly suggests that part of his property could become industrial land, a claim he strongly disputes.Mark Thompson, who owns approximately 950 acres of mostly undeveloped land off Dennis Station Road, said he was surprised t...

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