Tagged: MBTA Communities Act Zoning

Brockton Mayor Robert Sullivan speaks with WATD’s Dan McCready about the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, Cold & Flu cases in the city, and the SJC’s decision regarding MBTA Zoning.  

Marshfield Town Administrator Michael Maresco gives WATD’s Dan McCready his thoughts on the latest ruling from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court regarding the MBTA Communities Zoning Act.

Marshfield Town Moderator Jim Fitzgerald gives WATD’s Dan McCready a preview of Special Town Meeting. Marshfield Special Town Meeting will begin tonight at 7 p.m. Monday at the Marshfield High School Auditorium.

The Norwell Special Town Meeting Thursday night adopted the MBTA Adjacent Community Multifamily Housing Zoning bylaw. This allows the town to create a multifamily housing zone for a section of the Accord Park Dr. area. Town Administrator Darleen Sullivan explains.   By approving the zoning bylaw, the town will have control over potential developments.   […]

Town Administrator Darleen Sullivan gives WATD’s Dan McCready a preview of Norwell Special Town Meeting. Norwell Special Town Meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Norwell Middle School Gymnasium at 328 Main St.

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 […]