Patrick Blais

Woburn

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School Committee asked to reduce FY26 spending increase by $1 million

1 week ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - After already trimming roughly $955,000 from an initial FY’26 budget plan presented in February, several School Committee members recently balked at the latest ask from City Hall to find another $1 million in savings.
Local developers yank plans for new Central Square Overlay District

1 week ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - With the zoning initiative doomed to fail, a pair of local developers last night abandoned a wildly controversial proposal to create a new housing-centric overlay district around some 13 properties situated by the old Station 2 fire house.
All new requests would be subject to City Council review…. Planning Board OK with issuing outdoor dining permits to fast-food eateries

1 week ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - The Planning Board last week endorsed legislation that would allow fast-food restaurant owners to petition the City Council for permission to offer outdoor dining amenities to their customers.
Developer proposes “Highview Estates” alternatives… Planners excited by chance to reshape controversial W. Side subdivision

1 week ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - The Planning Board this week jumped at the chance to reshape the city’s oldest permitted but still unbuilt subdivision by considering an alternative proposal that would drastically reduce the amount of blasting and sitework on a hillside overlooking Cambridge Road. On Tuesday night, Sanco Builders principal Michael Santullo appeared before the appointed officials to gauge their interest in exploring an alternative nine-unit housing project that’s oriented more like a cluster development.
Wilmington landlord’s nuisance hearing in Woburn continued until May 6

1 week ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN — At the advice of City Solicitor Mark Salvati, the City Council last week again stayed a potential public nuisance declaration against a Maywood Terrace property. During their latest gathering in City Hall, Ward 5 Councilor Darlene Mercer-Bruen referenced correspondence from Salvati that suggested the owner of 4 Maywood Terrace is still waiting for an alleged problem tenant to vacate the three-bedroom house by the Kennedy Middle School.
Northeast Metro Tech officials secure big victory in wetlands work battle

1 week ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

Northeast Metropolitan Regional High School officials recently hailed a state appeals board officer for affirming that the construction of a new $317 million school campus by Wakefield High School will not violate state wetlands protection laws. In mid-March, Mass.
Rose-Gillis tops Select Board ticket as Murphy also wins re-election

1 week ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

READING - The town’s citizenry during municipal elections on Tuesday swept Linden Street resident Karen Rose-Gillis into the Select Board seat vacated by veteran member Mark Dockser while returning incumbent Melissa Murphy to the board for what will be her first three-year term.
Reading to extend district’s ‘school choice’ program into fourth year

2 weeks ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

READING - Expecting that many of the students to be children of local educators, the School Committee again agreed to accept students from neighboring cities and towns by extending the district’s “school choice” initiative for a fourth consecutive year. During their most recent gathering in RMHS’ library, the elected officials sanctioned the continuation of “school choice” by refusing to exercise an option to kill the program before the start of the 2025/2026 academic year.
Council continues special permit hearing until May 6… Bennett Street housing units to be reconfigured into 2-bedroom layouts

2 weeks ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - Capitulating to pressure from City Council President Jeffrey Dillon and others, a local developer last week agreed to further shrink the size of a proposed Bennett Street redevelopment by reducing each of the four apartment units from a three to two-bedroom layout.
Maywood Terrace nuisance hearing continued until May 6

2 weeks ago | homenewshere.com | Patrick Blais

WOBURN - At the advice of City Solicitor Mark Salvati, the City Council last week again stayed a potential public nuisance declaration against a Maywood Terrace property. During their latest gathering in City Hall, Ward 5 Councilor Darlene Mercer-Bruen referenced correspondence from Salvati that suggested the owner of 4 Maywood Terrace is still waiting for an alleged problem tenant to vacate the three-bedroom house by the Kennedy Middle School.