June 28, 2023

Hoping Public Gets Time to Speak At June 28 Zoning Board Meeting

To the Editor:

Tonight, Wednesday, June 28 at 7:30 p.m., the Zoom meeting of the Zoning Board will once again concern itself with Sakrid Coffee’s variance request to roast coffee on a retail-wholesale basis next to an elementary school in a high-density neighborhood.

This will be the fourth time the members of the Zoning Board have heard presentations by Sakrid. At the previous Zoning Board meeting on May 24, as reported in the Town Topics [“Zoning Board Carries Coffee Roasting Decision to June 28 Meeting,” page 1, May 31], the abundance of testimony by those experts representing Sakrid left time for only a few of the more than 50 members of the public on Zoom to offer their comments on this controversial variance request. Let’s hope the public gets time to speak at the June 28 meeting.

Peter Goble
Witherspoon Street