By K.B. Sherman, Contributing Writer
Photo/K.B. Sherman
Grafton – The ongoing saga of the Sage Cannabis marijuana clinic seems to have ended this week when town officials received a letter notifying them that Sage had abandoned its plans to create a marijuana clinic at the old Cumberland Farms building at 206 Worcester St. a site abutting the Hollywood Drive residential neighborhood. This issue has become an ongoing controversy between the Town and angry residents since November, 2015, when the Board issued a Letter of Non-opposition to the clinic’s siting.
In a communication with the town, officials were notified late Tuesday night, June 14, that Sage Cannabis will be withdrawing their application from the Department of Public Health for a site in Grafton. In their words, they “are pursuing another town closer to Boston that better meets their business model.” At the time of the letter, Sage had been called Milford Medicinals. Voters were completely surprised by the town’s letter of non-opposition and many were furious that in their minds, the Board of Selectmen acted without consulting them on this project. A number of meetings regarding the clinic location were held between February and May of 2016. Aggravating an already prickly situation, another company, Nature’s Remedy, has since approached the town with a proposal to build an indoor marijuana growing facility at CenTech Park (https://www.communityadvocate.com/2016/05/29/selectmen-hear-plans-for-marijuana-farm-in-centech-park/).
This week’s notice from Sage does not include any information of what location they are now considering. The former Cumberland Farms location has sat empty and abandoned for all of 2016. There has, since early spring, however, been a Realtor’s lock box on the front door, apparently used to show the property to other interested parties.
