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Traffic Agreement Could Spark McLean Development
For the first time in years, forward movement is on the horizon for the McLean redevelopment. But before that can happen, developers—in conjunction with the town and McLean Hospital—have revised a nearly 25-year-old traffic management agreement that will require ratification at the June town Meeting. On Monday night, the Select Board voted unanimously to accept the revised agreement despite objections from a handful of residents in the room.
State ‘Very Likely’ To Provide $750K Rink Earmark As Special Town Meeting To Determine Project’s Fate
Photo: The Municipal Skating Rink Building Committee at the public forum held Wednesday, May 22. Town Moderator Mike Widmer (center) led the event. With a critical Town Meeting vote on the future of the proposed Municipal Skating Rink two weeks away, some much-needed good news for the beleaguered rink project came in the form of a $750,000 state budget appropriation shepherded to the town by State Sen. Will Brownsberger.
AG: Richard Rosen Guilty of Wrongful Voting
Concord, NH – Attorney General John M. Formella announces that, Richard Rosen, age 85, of Belmont, Massachusetts, has been convicted on one felony count of wrongful voting related to voting twice in the November 8, 2016 General Election. Rosen is the businessman who is building a commercial greenhouse complex...
Affordable housing is still a priority for Mass. officials
Finding room for housing is no easy task in Massachusetts, but local leaders across the Commonwealth are looking for opportunities wherever they might be. A new development of 106 units is cropping up in crowded Cambridge and in cities like Salem have quickly come into compliance with the MBTA Communities Law.
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