Arlington Heights
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MassLive.com
Boston city official pleads guilty to pandemic loan fraud
A former Boston city official pleaded guilty to receiving a fraudulent government loan during the Covid-19 pandemic. Reuben Taylor, 40, the former director for the Boston Municipal Protective Services, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In 2008, Taylor began working for BMPS, an unarmed security...
BC Heights
Newton Farm Commission Could Be Abolished Despite Community Farm Success
Newton’s Farm Commission discussed the continued success of the Newton Community Farm on Thursday in what may be one of its last meetings, as the city plans to abolish the commission. The commission was established in 2005 in order to preserve Angino Farm, the last farm in Newton, as...
The Swellesley Report
Clock ticking this year for Wellesley RDF give-and-take area & Sunday hours
The Wellesley Department of Public Works has announced that the Recycling & Disposal Facility’s Reusables Area (aka, Give & Take) will shut down for the year after Saturday, Nov. 28. Also, Nov. 29 will be the last Sunday opening until March. In the nearer term, the RDF will be...
hoodline.com
Dracut Faces Third Vote on MBTA Zoning Monday, With Grant Money on the Line
Tennis Plaza Rd. — Approximate Site of Proposed Multifamily Zoning. Dracut voters head back to Town Meeting Monday night to decide, for the third time in two years, whether to adopt the state's MBTA Communities Act zoning rules — a measure they have already voted down twice. The session starts at 7 p.m. at Dracut High School, where residents will weigh a proposal that identifies two specific condominium complexes as potential sites for multifamily housing.
maldenblueandgold.com
Malden Public Library Piques their Curiosity with “The Sheep Detectives” Movie Night
Simra Sheikh and Erica Mugimu also contributed to this article. “After all, life is a mystery.” – The Sheep Detectives. The line to the Maccario room in the Malden Public Library formed around 5:50 PM, and ten minutes later, the doors to Family Movie Night flew open, and people old and young began bustling in, eager to find good seats in the room.
cambridgecivic.com
After the Storm – November 9, 2026 Cambridge City Council meeting
After the Storm – November 9, 2026 Cambridge City Council meeting. Now that a lot of that national stuff has been settled (perhaps), here’s some local stuff to chew on:. Manager’s Agenda #2. A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,452,018.24 from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council Community Connections Grant to the Grant Fund Transportation Department. [text of report]
homenewshere.com
jamaicaplainnews.com
Smoke Depot Applying for All-Alcohol Package Store License
The Smoke Depot located at 371A Centre Street is applying for an all-alcohol package store license. The Smoke Depot (according to its signage) currently sells lottery tickets, cigars, cigarettes, vape, and tobacco. If it received an all-alcohol package store license it could sell any alcohol that is legal in Massachusetts.
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Fixed-location surveillance equipment first installed back in 2025… Mayor tries to calm public apprehension over Flock Safety cameras
WOBURN - Mayor Michael Concannon recently defended the city’s use of roughly a dozen fixed-location cameras and license plate scanners at high-traffic intersections and insists Woburn has instituted safeguards to prevent police abuse of the surveillance tool. During a mayoral forum held virtually last month, the city’s chief executive...
insidelowell.com
Underused Downtown Lot Transformed into Community Gathering Space for PupFest
An unused parking lot in the heart of downtown Lowell came alive this past Halloween, as hundreds of people and their four-legged companions gathered for the second annual Lowell PupFest, organized by local nonprofit Project Merrimack. Held Saturday, October 31, at 40 Market Street, the free festival transformed the space...
miltonscene.com
What Milton’s Special Town Meeting decided on the $11.75M Labouré campus, and upcoming Special Election
Town Meeting approved the purchase at the October Special Town Meeting. Voters decide in a town-wide special election on Tuesday, Dec. 15. Milton’s plan to buy the former Labouré College campus at 303 Adams Street cleared its first major hurdle on Monday, Oct. 19, when Special Town Meeting voted 168–45 to let the Select Board buy the property for $11.75 million and borrow the money to pay for it. That is well over the two-thirds majority the vote needed.
hoodline.com
Quincy Dumps Flock Cameras for a One-Man Startup No One Can Find
Quincy is tearing out its 50 Flock Safety license plate cameras and replacing them with a new automated reader system built on Axis Communications hardware and software called OdinEye — a switch Mayor Thomas Koch announced without any public input or competitive bidding process. The move comes weeks after the city council voted overwhelmingly to cut ties with Flock following sustained pushback from residents over the cameras' privacy implications.
The Metrowest Daily News
Framingham apartments for rent saw price decreases since last October
Renters in Framingham saw apartment listing prices decrease 10% from October 2025's median of $2,658, an analysis of new data from rental marketplace Zumper shows. The typical apartment listed for rent at $2,388 in October. Median listing prices in Framingham are trending 5% downwards from the previous month's $2,505 price. The data covers all bedroom sizes, ranging from studios to four-bedroom units, within the specified metropolitan area. It reflects the median rent for all listings that were active at any given point during the month, according to Russell Middleton, co-founder of Zumper. New construction is included in the data and listings that are currently occupied or no longer available are excluded. data.metrowestdailynews.com Out of 236 rental listings in Framingham, none are subsidized. One-bedroom apartments listed to rent at a median of $2,270, nearly the same as September, when they were $2,260. Since October 2025, one-bedroom rental prices dropped 7% from $2,430. Two-bedroom apartments listed for rent were basically flat to September at a central price of $2,740, compared to $2,760. Since October 2025, two-bedroom rental prices slightly dropped from $2,880. Statewide, Massachusetts rental listing prices are very close to September's median of $3,175. One-bedroom rentals were listed for a typical