Monks remove trees in flood plain without a permit

Monks remove trees in flood plain without a permit

LOWELL — A resident on Shirley Avenue remembers kayaking around her Pawtucketville neighborhood after the Mother’s Day flood of 2006. The area, designated a flood plain, is home to the Claypit Brook and the Merrimack River. It is also home to the Vatt Khmer Lowell and Khmer American Cultural Center on Townsend Avenue, which was slapped with an enforcement order by the Conservation Commission for cutting down dozens of trees within a flood plain …