On April 1, 2025, local new outlets The Sentinel and Enterprise and the Lowell Sun published a letter to the editor authored by dumpthefairgrounds’ own editor, Caitlin St C. This letter briefly explains the deed restriction on the landfill, which is explored in greater detail in another post that you can read here: Risking Lawsuits and Public Trust: Leominster’s Landfill Development Problem. Full text of the letter is reproduced below, and this letter (along with others) is available to read in printed papers and behind a paywall on the Sentinel’s website.

Not included in this letter but relevant nonetheless is the fact that further research has shown the deed restriction is under Article 97, an amendment to the MA constitution which “provides that land […] subject to Art. 97 shall not be used for other purposes or disposed of without a two-thirds roll call vote of the Legislature” [emphasis added] (source: mass.gov). Thus, not only would Baystate Racing LLC and the Whitney Companies have to legally challenge the land’s deed restriction at a local level, but a state legislative one as well.

The more we learn, the more puzzling it becomes that developers are still attempting to move forward with this unpopular, unserious, and legally perilous project.