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Board approves special exception for Linkwood Ventures mineral extraction operation

5675937 · August 14, 2025
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Summary

Linkwood Ventures received a special-exception approval to operate a surface-mining operation (initial 5-acre permit) on a former lumber site along U.S. Route 50, subject to state and planning commission permits.

The Dorchester County Board of Appeals on Aug. 7 granted Linkwood Ventures LLC a special exception to operate a mineral-extraction (surface mining) operation on a parcel near U.S. Route 50, following a staff presentation and the applicant’s testimony.

Agent Steve Whitten, representing Linkwood Ventures and owner Edward Fleming, told the board the operation would initially be limited to a…

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