Groton Open Space Association

UPDATED: GOSA, Groton Contest Court Rulings On Watrous

GROTON–Both GOSA and the Town of Groton have decided to contest New London Superior Court rulings favoring Massachusetts developer Ron Bonvie’s plan to build a “residential life care community” on a 105-acre portion of the Watrous property west of Noank Ledyard Road.

GOSA has filed “petitions for certification” seeking permission to take appeals to the Appellate Court. The appeals would be against decisions April 13, 2005, by Superior Court Judge Joseph Purtill dismissing GOSA’s objections to approvals by Groton’s Inland Wetlands Agency and Zoning Commission of Mr. Bonvie’s proposed 147-unit “Four Winds” project. Mr. Bonvie’s company is Mystic Active Adult LLC.

UPDATE: The Appellate Court declined June 22, 2005, to hear either of GOSA’s appeals.

The Inland Wetlands Agency voted unanimously April 27 to file a petition for certification to argue against Judge Purtill’s decision for Mr. Bonvie in his appeal against restrictions imposed by the IWA on the Four Winds project.

Background on these cases is contained in an April 21, 2005, article.