Billerica
Billerica, MA · Municipal
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Developer proposes turning three attached South End buildings into housing
A proponent is proposing the redevelopment of three attached, underutilized commercial buildings on Wareham Street in the South End into a single six-story, approximately 38-unit, multi-family residential building. Stack+Co, a Boston-based integrated architectural and development firm, filed a Small Project Review Application (SPRA) with the city’s Planning Department on Oct....
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Taunton Daily Gazette
charlestownbridge.com
Charlestown, we need your support Help bring a new affordable neighborhood grocery store, one acre of public green space, and 132 new homes to Charlestown
A new neighborhood grocery store, a full acre of publicly accessible green space, and 132 new homes are planned for Hood Park. The project has reached an important milestone, but additional approvals are still needed to move these community improvements forward. On October 6, the Boston Civic Design Commission approved...
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...
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Two of Boston’s staple bars are teaming up for a New Hampshire expansion
Two signature bars in Boston's Fenway neighborhood are expanding to another New England city — one for the first time. Loretta's Last Call and Game On! will open at The Mall at Rockingham Park in Salem, New Hampshire in early 2027. The move marks the first expansion outside Boston...
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.
USA TODAY
Court ruling ends Boston high school football team’s playoff hopes after clerical error
Earlier in the week it was announced a Massachusetts high school football program would miss the postseason due a clerical error regarding its schedule. Days later, that ruling was upheld despite an injunction filed by Boston Public Schools. The Boston Globe reported Friday, Nov. 6, that the injunction filed to allow Boston English/New Mission into the postseason was denied by Suffolk Superior Court Judge Gillian Feiner . English's game against O'Bryant (MA) on Oct. 30 was the game in question as no one from Boston Public Schools submitted it on the scheduling platform the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) uses with its Sept. 18 deadline. Because of that, the game was counted as a scrimmage and not a regular season game. Boston Public Schools argued the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association did not correctly apply its own rule, MIAA rule 34.6 , and game against Bryant should have been counted as a forfeit. The Bulldogs finished the season 4-2 and did not meet the seven games needed to qualify for the postseason. Had it been counted as a forfeit, they would have qualified for the postseason playing as a lower seed. “We are disappointed that our MIAA appeal was denied,” a
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WBUR
City to pilot music and arts space in Brighton
The city of Boston plans to open temporary music and art studios in Brighton next summer. The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture has been working with the Boston Housing Authority to design a music and arts building, alongside affordable housing, at a large city-owned parcel at 290 North Beacon St. With rising construction costs and a complex financing picture, the project will take years to complete. In light of this, the city now plans to build out a temporary pilot space to be completed in a matter of months.