By:Maria Moore

NEW HARTFORD – It took two years for the Terras to get there, but on Wednesday evening their perseverance paid off: New Hartford’s Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a six-month moratorium on new outdoor wood burning furnace permits to give it time to research and discuss how and if OWFs should be regulated.

As Beth Terra, speaking in favor of a moratorium, reminded the Commission members: “In the last two years, I’ve been twice to the P&Z and twice to the Board of Selectmen, and now I’m here again.”

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Photo Credit: In the photo above Larry Terra speaks in support of the moratorium on new OWFs before the Planning and Zoning Commission during the public hearing on December 8 addressing this issue. Photo by Maria Moore.