Five green line extension meetings planned to decide future of T’s troubled train project
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 developer grows central park, making no promises on Lechmere T stop
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.
Development will hit East Cambridge hard; its residents deserve assurance, mitigation
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.
Renaming Area IV to ‘The Port’ hits glitch: Vote already happened, and a change lost
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.
Five things to do this weekend: July 10-12
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.
Free ‘Raiders of Lost Ark’ is Wednesday, but rain might soak NorthPoint, cancel it
The forecast Wednesday is for rain – but would a little rain put off Indiana Jones?
Still seeking a home, city’s pot dispensary asks for a one-block expansion of district
The special overlay districts the city created to host dispensaries are not quite big enough to provide a home for The Greeneway Wellness Foundation.
Developer at NorthPoint pushes for shorter shutdown of T, adds own link to orange line
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.
At last meeting on council, vanBeuzekom gets vote for medical marijuana districts
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.
Board: Medical marijuana dispensaries okay, state rules may be too restrictive
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.
