Tagged: MBTA Communities Act Zoning

Eric Crone, Chair of the Kingston Board of Selectmen, gives WATD’s Dan McCready a preview of Tuesday’s Special Town Meeting.   Kingston Special Town Meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Kingston Intermediate School at 65 Second Brook St.  

Braintree Mayor Erin Joyce speaks with Christine James about her first term in office.  

The Town of Milton has retained a law firm as they respond to state Attorney General’s Andrea Campbell lawsuit. The Select Board released a letter earlier this week announcing that Goodwin Procter LLP has been chosen as special counsel to assist Town Counsel. Campbell filed the lawsuit after a town-wide referendum struck down Town Meeting […]

In Plymouth, the MBTA Communities Act requires the town to zone for additional multi-family units because it is adjacent to a transit center, and that’s the Kingston Commuter Rail Station.  However, it does not require the housing to be built.  Non-compliance with the legislation has consequences, as has occurred in Milton.  But there are other […]

Voters in Milton struck down the MBTA Communities Act Zoning during a Special Election on Wednesday. The measure was approved at December Special Town Meeting and calls for more residential development in Milton after the town was designated a Rapid Transit community due to the Mattapan-Ashmont Line. However, opponents gathered enough signatures to get it […]

The Town of Milton is holding a special election in Wednesday regarding approval of the December Special Town Meeting vote in favor of MBTA Communities Act Zoning. Tom Callahan, of Yes For Milton, tells WATD News there are three important reasons why everyone should vote yes.   However, John Keohane of No For Milton said […]