Southwest Harbor gives conditional approval to subdivision near a landfill

Southwest Harbor gives conditional approval to subdivision near a landfill

SOUTHWEST HARBOR — The town’s planning board on Tuesday said it would approve a plan for a subdivision next to a waste site conditioned on the results of a soil pollution test, which will be presented by the developer, Ben “Lee” Worcester, at a future date. The property is owned by Worcester, who is also the Planning Board’s vice chair. The Planning Board’s decision came after a previous split vote about evaluating the soil on the property. Worc…