David Dugre News Today

CUMBERLAND – A technical error on the May 12 Zoning Board agenda led the matter to be postponed by a month, meaning David Dugre and Paromita Ghosh will be back seeking permission to keep their backyard chickens on June 9. Plenty of people showed up to the virtual meeting and what was expected to be a lengthy discussion, but Zoning Board member Bob Chaput noticed a typo in the agenda stating that the Cumberland Hill couple was looking for dimensional variance from a rear-yard setback requireme...

5/5/2021 Neighbors cry fowl, want chickens evicted from Cumberland Hill Paromita Ghosh and David Dugre hold two of their five chickens in the backyard of their home at 86 Spring St. in Cumberland. Some neighbors are complaining about the chickens, but Ghosh and Dugre say they should be allowed to keep them here. (Breeze photos by Robert Emerson) Controversy brings issue back into spotlight CUMBERLAND – A neighborhood kerfuffle over backyard chickens and a deadlocked vote on the issue last wee...