Middle River and White Marsh residents angrily protested a proposed project for the Lafarge Quarry property at a community input meeting on Feb. 23.
The meeting was held at the Gunpowder VFW Post 10067 on Ebenezer Road where community members listed a plethora reasons, spanning from environmental to infrastructure concerns, on why they think developers should halt their plans.
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