The state Department of Transportation and the MBTA are holding a series of public meetings as part of the reevaluation of the green line extension project, that’s so over budget it might be shut down with none of the seven planned stops built.
NorthPoint is getting mainly minor tweaks as responsibility for its development switches to DivcoWest after a $291 million purchase in August from Canyon Partners Real Estate, but a larger central park is proposed. Another developer wants an East Cambridge CVS.
The East Cambridge Planning Team has thoughts for consideration when new zoning is under discussion, including some on traffic, homeownership and family-friendly buildings, as well as on utilities, stormwater and sewage.
Vice mayor Dennis Benzan put through an order for a vote, and the council approved it. But councillor E. Denise Simmons had some awkward news for him resulting from a previous attempt at a name change.
A “Kissing Moonlight” poetry reading with music; sixth annual World Naked Bike Ride Boston; final Xmortis and Heroes dance nights at T.T.’s; free “Paddington” screening; and three-band bill is Proud at Passim.
The developer of NorthPoint, with 2,355 apartments relying on the Lechmere station, is as eager as the public to see the green line extension happen quickly and smoothly.
The city nearly saw a new delay on medical marijuana dispensaries from the last council meeting of the year, but Minka vanBeuzekom, in her final public moments in office, instead called for a vote and got action.
The creation of “medical marijuana overlay districts” in NorthPoint and Fresh Pond was approved Tuesday by the Planning Board, with members saying some of the rules imposed on marijuana dispensaries by the state are too strict.