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NAHANT – The Town of Nahant will be hosting a farmers market on Saturday, October 9, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Flash Road Park. We are looking for craft and food vendors to participate. There is room for about 40 vendors. Each vendor has a 10 square foot area where they can bring their own table and tent if desired. This will be a family friendly event with a corn maze, a bouncy house, entertainment and more. If you would like to participate as a vendor in this event, please fill out the vendor application forms below and send them to ktaylor@nahant.org or drop the forms off at the Nahant Town Hall by Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 4:00 PM.

The Town of Nahant would like to host a farmers market on a regular basis beginning next spring/summer season. This event on October 9, 2021 will allow us to experience hosting for the first time and provide us with insight for improvement prior to next year. The goal of the Town is to provide a community event that supports our local artists and businesses while bringing residents together. We look forward to working with local groups and non-profits on ideas of how to make each farmers market unique with different programing. October 9^th will be an autumn themed event and will hopefully help kick start the holiday shopping season.  

We would like to thank Oceanview for generously donating the corn maze and bouncy house. We would also like to thank all the volunteers that responded to our survey and our summer intern Oliva Cooke, for spearheading this effort.

Please fill out all 3 forms below

• Farmers Market Vendor Application
• Farmers Market Policies and Regulations
• Farmers Market Code of Conduct

NAHANT — Town Administrator Antonio Barletta wishes to invite Nahant residents to support his letter of concern to Massport regarding potential impacts resulting from the RNAV 22L study.

The study considers changing the standard flight path to runway 22L at Boston Logan Airport, which would result in the flight path crossing over Nahant. 

The letter outlines that this modification would cause a substantial increase in environmental impacts to the town, including noise pollution. In the letter, Town Administrator Barletta suggests that Massport should schedule and inform residents of test flight times so that residents have the opportunity to experience the impacts of the proposed change.

“Given Nahant’s close proximity to Boston Logan, the town already experiences a lot of noise from planes, and we believe that this proposed change will only exacerbate the issue. We invite residents to support this letter which lays out the concerns of many here in Nahant,” said Town Administrator Barletta.

To view the full letter, please click here. 

To support the letter, please click here. Signatures and addresses of supporters will be included in the letter. The deadline to sign is Oct. 15, 2021.

Residents are encouraged to attend a Zoom information session on Sept. 23, at 5:30 p.m. to learn more about the study by registering here.

For questions or concerns about aviation-related noise at Boston Logan Airport, please click here or call the Noise Complaint Line at 617-561-3333 to log a noise complaint.

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September 17 is National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
Every third Friday in September, we remember the hardships
endured by Americans captured during war, the loss of those
still missing and unaccounted for, and the continuing grief
borne by more than 81 thousand families awaiting news of
their loved ones.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) reports that 1,584 of that number (1,556 military, 28 civilian) are from the Vietnam War.

To commemorate this day, the Town of Nahant and its Veteran Services Department, will proudly display the POW/MIA Table, in the Great Hall at the Town Hall, provided to us by the American Legion Post 215 throughout the week leading up to Friday September 17, 2021.

This year’s theme is entitled America’s Commitment, Globally Fulfilled and was proclaimed recently at the Pentagon. During the ceremony, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks stated, “Working closely with partner nations, the Department of Defense is firmly committed to the fullest possible accounting for those U.S. personnel who remain missing. … We owe nothing less to the families who continue to wait for answers about the losses of their loved ones.”

Please join us outside of the Nahant Fire Department on Saturday, September 11, 2021 to remember and honor those that lost their life as result of the tragic events on September 11, 2001, 20 years ago. Refreshments at 9:30 AM and the Ceremony will start at 10:00 AM

During the Board of Selectmen’s (BOS) meeting on September 8, 2021, the selectmen voted unanimously to approve an Order of Intention to Take Conservation Easement by Eminent Domain to preserve these 12.5 acres as conservation land.  This action was taken to ensure this land is preserved in the manner expected by the people of Nahant when they voted on May 15, 2021 and when they voted to designate this area as a Natural Resource Area over 30 years ago. 

At the Annual Town Meeting on May 15, 2021, the voters of Nahant voted 647-241 in favor of authorizing the Board of Selectmen to execute eminent domain as a means of preserving as publicly accessible conservation land, approximately 12.5 acres of land at East Point currently zoned as a Natural Resource Area.  As representatives of the citizens of Nahant, the Board of Selectmen share this commitment to preserving and caring for Nahant’s limited open spaces and Natural Resource Areas.    

The Order of Intention is an eleven-page legal document, which will soon be posted on www.Nahant.org.  However, the following excerpt captures key elements of the Order of Intention: “The purpose of this taking is to preserve the East Point Easement Areas…in perpetuity in their natural, scenic, and open condition and to protect against any use of the East Point Easement Areas that will interfere with the conservation values of said property. The public benefits resulting from conservation of the East Point Easement Areas… include, without limitation: the preservation of open space for the use and enjoyment of the general public, the creation and buffering of an expanded Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Memorial Park…, the protection of the scenic and natural beauty and character of the East Point Easement Areas, the protection of public access to the sea, the protection of wildlife habitat, wildlife connectivity and biodiversity, the reduction of pollution and improvement of air quality, the provision of a buffer to sea level rise, the promotion of resiliency and protection against climate changes, and the protection of the public passive recreational use of the land.” 

The next steps in the process are defined by the provisions of Chapter 80A of the Massachusetts General Law. Under the guidance of a judge at Salem Superior Court, a 3-person commission is formed to determine the compensation value of the Conservation Easement. The Town and the property owner may submit documentation to aid the commission in making this determination. It is expected that the commission will take approximately 8 months to determine the required compensation. Once the value is determined, the Board of Selectmen can make the decision to proceed with acquiring the Conservation Easement, with the use of funds approved during Annual Town Meeting.  An appeal process by either side may occur.

The Board of Selectmen look forward to a Nahant where “the preservation of open space for the use and enjoyment of the general public” is ensured…”in perpetuity”.

Sincerely,

Nahant Board of Selectmen

Joshua Antrim, Chairman    Eugene Canty, Vice Chairman   Mark Cullinan, Recording Secretary