CT town residents demand answers on alleged strip mine. It ‘pretty much gutted the hillside.’

CT town residents demand answers on alleged strip mine. It ‘pretty much gutted the hillside.’

A group of Canton homeowners is complaining about what it calls a strip mine operation along Route 44, and the dispute has an odd quirk: The property owner involved is a member of the town’s planning and zoning commission. Lansford Perry is using heavy equipment to tear out part of a scenic hillside along Route 44 near the New Hartford line, according to neighbors who complain that the operation is noisy and harmful to local wildlife. They conte…