The Alluring Sights of an Industrial Waterfront

This crane was on the waterfront this morning, on the Colarusso dock. Its size was such that its giant boom was visible from Harry Howard Avenue, protruding up from the skyline.

Fortunately, it's not a permanent fixture on our waterfront. Gossips learned it was used to unload some large transformers for a different company. That task completed, the crane will depart.

The presence of the crane does raise a question. Colarusso has not returned to the Planning Board for a conditional use permit for its dock operations. Colarusso has been using the dock without a conditional use permit for several years now. The question is: Will the conditional use permit allow Colarusso to use the dock for things that have nothing to do with its own operations? Unloading giant transformers for some other company seems to have nothing to do with gravel and asphalt.

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