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  • How one zoning appeal just stalled Amazon's Westborough drone hub plans
  • What Castle Rock's drone pause could mean for Westborough's Amazon fight

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📰 News we're reading

• Amazon's Westborough Drone Launch Now Hinges on a Zoning Appeal (dronexl.co) — Amazon's planned drone launch pad at its Otis Street warehouse is now on hold after Westborough residents appealed a zoning ruling, forcing the Zoning Board of Appeals to decide whether the project needs a tougher special permit review.
   

• Castle Rock Froze Walmart's Drone Hub 7-0. Its Clock Runs Out Jan 21 (dronexl.co) — Castle Rock, Colorado has temporarily frozen Walmart's drone hub plans with a six‑month moratorium, a move Westborough residents are studying as they battle Amazon's proposed Prime Air hub under very different local zoning rules and powers.
   

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