WESTBROOK — A judge will decide in the coming weeks whether to accept a proposed consent order that will allow Pike Industries to mine its quarry in the Five Star Industrial Park in Westbrook.
Superior Court Justice Thomas Humphrey denied a request for an evidentiary hearing to Artel Inc., an intervener in a lawsuit between Pike and the city of Westbrook.
Humphrey’s ruling, dated Sept. 30, said the court’s role in reviewing the consent order is limited and Artel’s objections to the order are well documented by the evidence the company submitted in the case
Artel, a biopharmaceutical company that makes precision measuring instruments, filed a motion in Cumberland County Superior Court last month asking a judge to reject the consent agreement approved by the City Council on Sept. 8.
Lawyers for Artel, located a stone’s throw away from Pike’s quarry on Spring Street, contend that the company was excluded from negotiations and that blasting by Pike disrupts their precision weighing devices.
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