‘Something needs to be done’: Johnson’s Pond owners blast cease and desist order

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‘Something needs to be done’: Johnson’s Pond owners blast cease and desist order

COVENTRY, R.I. (WPRI) — The owners of Johnson's Pond are pushing back against a cease and desist order issued by the R.I. Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Tuesday evening. The DEM demanded Soscia Holdings stop making changes to the dam without permission after the town spotted an excavator clearing rocks near the spillway. Soscia Holdings claims the dam spillway has sprung several leaks and is in need of emergency repairs. But in ord…