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State keeps saying Newton hasn’t met its 40B threshold. So why does the city keep claiming we have?

by Greg Reibman | Jan 9, 2017 | Affordable housing, zoning | 22 comments

Various state agencies have continually determined that Newton has not met the 1.5 percent threshold that would provide a 40B exemption. So why does Mayor Warren’s Planning Department and ZBA continue to dispute that?  Read Jonathan Dame’s latest story for Wicked Local Newton here.

Newton City Council rejects Setti Warren’s ZBA appointments

by Greg Reibman | Jul 12, 2016 | Newton | 40 comments

There’s already been a lot of discussion about Monday’s vote here, but here is the TAB’s Andy Levin’s article about the  City Council’s rejection of six appointments to the Zoning Board.

Mayor: Huggins would have given ZBA ‘an appearance of bias’

by Greg Reibman | Jul 7, 2016 | Newton | 25 comments

The TAB’s Jonathan Dame reports on Newton Mayor Setti Warren’s decision not to reappoint Barbara Huggins to the Zoning Board of Appeals “The reason for my decision was because her work in other communities has involved opposing 40B housing developments,...

Rowe Street 40B project withdrawn by developer

by Greg Reibman | Feb 25, 2016 | Affordable housing, Auburndale | 1 comment

Dinosaur Rowe LLC  has withdrawn its permit application to build a 135-unit affordable housing project on Rowe Street in Auburndale and now says the property will remain in industrial use “for the foreseeable future,” Jonathan Dame of the Newton TAB...
Clock running out for using 1.5% defense on Rowe Street 40B (updated)

Clock running out for using 1.5% defense on Rowe Street 40B (updated)

by Jerry Reilly | Dec 18, 2014 | Auburndale, development | 33 comments

UPDATE AT BOTTOM Or perhaps I should say the clock is being run out. Tonight at 7pm in the Aldermanic Chambers, the Zoning Board of Appeals resumes its public hearing on the 135-unit apartment building proposed for 70 Rowe Street. As I noted in a previous post before...
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