‘We didn’t sell to a corporation knowingly’: Family was unaware buyer wanted to turn home into quarry
A wooded acreage in a rural New Brunswick village is slated to become the site of a rock quarry.
But Kim Meyerdierks wants area residents to know that wasn’t her family’s intention when they sold the property in 2019.
“We didn’t sell to a corporation knowingly,” the Bangor, Me., resident said in an interview.
Opponents of the proposed quarry in the village of Calhoun believe it could destroy their small community, which is located about 30 kilometres northwest of Sackville, CHMA previously reported.
Her family has roots in the Memramcook area going back several generations. They decided to sell the property after her aunt, June Burmeister, died in 2014.
They hoped to sell the property to a family that would take care of the land.
“We wanted to make sure we weren’t selling to a corporation,” she said. “That was our only stipulation to our realtor. We were just interested in families or individual property buyers.”
When Alain Belanger of Grand Falls bought the property in 2019, they didn’t know he was the co-owner of an asphalt paving company that operates throughout Atlantic Canada.… Continue
Residents fear that a proposed quarry could destroy the tiny village of Calhoun. But it’s not a done deal. 
An old two-storey house between Moncton and Sackville may soon become the site of a rock quarry.
But area residents want the provincial government to overturn a decision that paves the way for the quarry project, which they believe could destroy the rural village of Calhoun. Several quarries are already concentrated in the area near the community.
Listen to the audio report that aired on CHMA on May 30, 2022:
“Of course we need aggregate for roads, for buildings,” said Pierre Doucet, an outspoken opponent of the project. “But there are four quarries currently operating, and they’re not on the verge of running out of material.”
Doucet lives on the other side of the Trans-Canada Highway, in Memramcook, but grew up in Calhoun.
His father fought against quarry projects for more than 30 years before he died; his 80-year-old mother still lives in the small rural community.
People in the community learned about the plans last May, according to Doucet.
A public notice stated that the provincial government was considering a rezoning application to allow for “intensive resource development.”
A petition opposing the project garnered more than 200 names, and close to 30 people attended a public hearing via Zoom to voice their objections, he said. … Continue