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Halifax Notify – community communications

April 11, 2025 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

The town of Halifax is excited to announce the launch of its new community notification system, Halifax Notify, designed to enhance the town’s communication capabilities by ensuring that important information is disseminated quickly and efficiently to all Halifax residents and its guests.

Key Features
• Real-Time Alerts: Receive instant notifications about critical updates, emergencies, and important announcements related to town government services and operations.
• Multi-Channel Communication: Notifications can be sent via e-mail, SMS (text message), phone call, and push notification (via smartphone app).
• Customizable Notifications: Tailor your notification preferences to receive updates relevant to your interests and needs, and which contact methods to use.
• User-Friendly Interface: Easily manage and view notifications through an intuitive and accessible platform.
Halifax Notify will help residents stay informed, streamline the flow of official town notifications, and create operational efficiencies in the dissemination of information.
The system will be fully operational starting on Tuesday, April 1st, 2025. Additional details will be posted on the town’s website when the system is officially launched.
For questions, please contact the IT & Communications office by e-mailing Cesar.Calouro@halifax-ma.org or calling (781) 293-1739.

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Plympton Townwide Clean-up April 12

April 4, 2025 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

On April 12th, 2025, Plympton families will have an opportunity to pitch in and help clean up the considerable amount of litter that has accumulated along the town’s roadsides. The Plympton Garden Club and the Historical Society are announcing that the annual Townwide Clean- up will be held on Saturday, April 12, with a rain date of Sunday, April 13. The hours of the cleanup are 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.
To participate, residents are asked to stop by and speak to the volunteers at a table set up on the parking lot in front of the Town House on Palmer Road the day of the event. There they will be provided with trash bags and other tools and receive a street assignment. Other important facts for volunteers to know include:
The Plympton Highway Department will be picking up full trash bags and transporting them to the transfer station.
The orange “pay as you throw” bags will not be required for this project. Instead, residents can use the bags provided at the volunteers table.
Once trash bags are filled, they can be left by the side of the road, and the Highway Department vehicles will pick them up.
Given that it has been two years since the last cleanup, Plympton’s picturesque roads are really needing help! We hope that there will be a strong turnout for this important effort. See you on Saturday, April 12!

 

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BSU presents “Spring Dance 2025”

March 28, 2025 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

Bridgewater State University’s Department of Dance proudly presents a celebration of life, art, and movement in concert – Spring Dance. The concert performs Thursday, April 3; Friday, April 4; and Saturday, April 5 – all at 7:30 p.m. in the Rondileau Student Union Auditorium at 19 Park Ave in Bridgewater. For more information and tickets, please visit www.BSUtix.com.
Spring Dance is an established tradition at Bridgewater State University, entertaining audiences for decades.
In this year’s production, BSU Dance models its principle, “Dance is for every body” by featuring choreography from several accomplished students and professors.  Small groups, solo, and large ensembles inspire movement amongst the stage in a specular celebration. The concert features a wide variety of contemporary themes including identity loss, others perception of you, as well as love and trust.
This year’s group of choreographers is a melting pot of BSU faculty and advanced student choreographers: Dr. Danielle Bazinet, Kristy Kuhn Donnelly, Jazmyn Vautour, Jaclynn Ahl, Ellie Cochran, James Farrell, Meghan Stanton, and Maggie Zawalick.
Performances of Spring Dance will be held on Thursday, April 3; Friday, April 4; and Saturday, April 5, all at 7:30 p.m., in the Rondileau Student Union Auditorium.
Tickets are available at the door and online at www.BSUtix.com, while supplies last.

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North Easton Savings named to Newsweek list

March 21, 2025 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

North Easton Savings Bank is honored to be named to Newsweek’s 2025 list of America’s Best Regional Banks and Credit Unions.
The award acknowledges North Easton Savings Bank’s proven track record of growing the community through fair banking practices, financial advising, and local philanthropy.
Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group recognized top regional banks and credit unions in the United States, by conducting a large-scale study based on the analysis of over 9,000 institutions, more than 70,000 customer surveys, and millions of social media reviews.
This most recent award comes following several other national and regional honors. North Easton Savings Bank was named to the USA Today Top Work Place for 2024, The Boston Globe Top Place to Work in 2024, and received the Boston Business Journal 2024 Corporate Citizenship Award.
“We are grateful to be recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s Best Regional Banks and Credit Unions for 2025,” said Rich Spencer, President & Chief Executive Officer of North Easton Savings Bank.
“This accolade is a testament to our unwavering commitment to our community and customers. It is an acknowledgement that motivates us to continue our mission of supporting and uplifting our community, ensuring we remain a trusted financial partner for many years to come.”
“Regional banks and credit unions are the financial backbone of communities nationwide as they support small businesses, fund local projects and ensure easy access to essential banking services,” said Nancy Cooper, Newsweek’s Global Editor in Chief. “We are proud to highlight companies that utilize a community- and customer-centric approach to make a big financial impact in their neighborhoods.”
North Easton Savings Bank is an award-winning financial institution with over $1.6 billion in assets, North Easton Savings Bank is uniquely situated to provide personal and business banking solutions to southeastern Massachusetts.
Founded in 1864, NESB has a proven track record of growing the community through fair banking practices, financial advising, and local philanthropy.
Looking forward, the Bank is well-positioned as the preferred area banking partner with a powerful combination of convenient features like mobile and online banking and the personal, hometown touch of a local bank. North Easton Savings Bank is fully insured by the FDIC and the DIF and is an Equal Housing Lender. For more information, please visit NorthEastonSavingsBank.com.

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Kingston School Committee avoids override

March 14, 2025 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

Alan Ingram
Express correspondent
The Kingston School Committee unanimously approved a level service budget for fiscal year 2026 without requiring a tax override, utilizing emergency shelter funds from the State to close the budget gap.
The committee voted Monday, March 3, to approve a $15,596,804 operating budget, which represents a 7.1% increase over the current fiscal year. The total expenditure for Kingston schools will be $16,991,596 after accounting for additional funding sources.
“We’re not going to need an override to settle our budget tonight,” said Committee Member Jeanne Coleman during the meeting, delivering she called “the good news” that parents and community members had been waiting to hear.
The budget approval comes after weeks of community concern about a potential override that could have reached nearly $1 million. Instead, the committee found alternative funding sources to maintain educational services without additional tax burden.
Business Administrator Sarah Hickey presented a plan to utilize emergency assistance shelter funds received from the state to help close the $1.4 million gap between the committee’s budget and the amount approved by the Kingston Select Board.
“In January of 2025, we received a payment of $338,270.25, of which we talked about allocating $180,000 of that towards salaries in the FY26 budget,” Hickey explained. “And we have been told by the state that we are going to potentially receive an additional $555,464 in those emergency shelter funds.”
The committee voted to allocate $255,110.74 from existing shelter funds already on deposit with the town, plus $341,127.26 from anticipated future payments to balance the budget.
Several parents spoke at the beginning of the meeting in support of maintaining educational services. Barbara Gildea of Crescent Street thanked the committee for “continuing to support our schools and for passing budgets that advocate for level funding.”
“The community is rallying in support of the school budget, and we will continue to do so,” Gildea added, noting that a Facebook group created to help parents advocate for the school budget has attracted more than 300 members.
Jackie Giovannangelo of Franz Lane echoed those sentiments, saying, “We’ve been hard at work over the past month plus, gathering the parents of the town to the Facebook page we created to ensure that as many parents as possible are aware of the budget concerns.”
Committee members acknowledged that while this solution addresses immediate budget needs, it creates challenges for next year since the emergency shelter funds are not a permanent revenue source.
“We’re going to have $800,000 that we need to come up with for next year’s budget,” noted Committee Member Michael Shekane. “We need to be aware that this is a huge hole for next year. We’re just kicking the can down the road.”
The committee also voted to remove a proposed additional English Language teacher position from the budget, saving approximately $65,000. Chair Megan Cannon suggested that if the position becomes necessary, there would still be shelter money available to fund it.
Superintendent Jill Proulx clarified that the budget maintains level services rather than level funding. “A level funded budget, if you were to advocate for that, would actually result in reductions in force,” she explained.
Committee members also discussed the timeline challenges of the budget process, with Coleman noting that state funding numbers often aren’t available until late January, after preliminary budgets are already being presented.
“Our budgets are incomplete if we don’t even know what the state numbers are,” Coleman said. “Last year, if everyone remembers, our budgets went into a tailspin at the end of January when the state numbers were released, like 4% lower than what we were anticipating.”
The total cost of education for Kingston, which includes both the elementary school budget and the town’s assessment for Silver Lake Regional School District, will be $32,770,590.36 for FY26, representing a 4.7% increase over the current year.
The committee’s decision means Kingston will avoid joining the approximately 80 Massachusetts communities that sought education overrides last year, of which only about 40% passed, according to information shared during a previous Silver Lake School Committee meeting.
The committee also heard from Assistant Superintendent Tricia Clifford about ongoing curriculum work, including the development of a district literacy plan and the review of math curriculum materials.
Kristen Pishkin, co-president of the Kingston Teachers Association, thanked officials for securing a level service budget.
“The KTA would like to thank administration, town leadership, School Committee, and all the families working hard to secure a level service budget that will meet the needs of our students,” Pishkin says. “We know it has taken a lot of effort on everyone’s part.”
“So we appreciate everyone’s hard work and sleepless nights. And the teachers’ sleepless nights, too, because a lot of them were very worried what their classrooms would look like and their jobs would look like next year,” Pishkin added.

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Women’s History Month Author Panel to be held at Adams Center

March 7, 2025 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

Writers Emily Franklin, Dawn Tripp, and Adelle Waldman will visit the Adams Center, 33 Summer St., Kingston, on Sunday, March 23 at 2 p.m, for an author talk celebrating Women’s History Month.
The trio will talk about the female characters in their novels, the ways in which authors researched individuals in stories, and the subject matter. Franklin and Tripp recently authored books featuring Isabella Stewart Gardner (The Lioness of Boston) and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (Jackie) while Waldman published a fictionalized book inspired by her experience unloading boxes at a big box-store, Help Wanted.
Franklin is the bestselling author of more than 20 novels for both adults and young adults, as well as a poetry collection titled, Tell Me How You Got Here. Her award-winning work has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, The Kenyon Review, and other numerous publications. The Lioness of Boston was a Boston Globe and Indie Bookstore bestseller, as it was featured on WBUR’s “Local Authors.” She has been featured on NPR and named notable by the Association of Jewish Libraries.
Franklin lives outside of Boston with her family and two large dogs. You can follow her at https://emilyfranklin.com.
Tripp is the nationally bestselling author of Jackie and Georgia (a fictional novel about Georgia O’Keefe), was a finalist for the New England Book Award and winner of the Mary Lynn Kotz Award for Art in Literature. Her three other previous novels are Game of Secrets, Moon Tide, and The Season of Open Water, which won the Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction. Her poems and essays have appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review, Harvard Review, Conjunctions, AGNI, and NPR.
Tripp graduated from Harvard and lives in Massachusetts with her sons. For more information about Tripp, her website is https://dawntripp.com.
In addition to the novel Help Wanted released in March of 2024, Waldman has also written The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. It was named one of the year’s best books by the New Yorker, The Economist, NPR, Slate, Bookforum, and the Guardian. Her writing has appeared in the New Yorker, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, Slate and other publications.
Waldman lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and daughter. You can read more about her by visiting https://adellewaldman.com.
Books will be on sale following the event for all three authors. This event is generously sponsored by the Kingston Public Library Foundation.
To register for this event, please visit – https://kingstonpubliclibrary.org. For more information, you can contact Steven Miller, Reference Librarian at (781) 585-0517 x6272 or at smiller@kingstonma.gov.

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Ted Reinstein finds friends in small rural communities

February 28, 2025 By Tracy Seelye Express Editor

Author and “Chronicle” contributor Ted Reinstein loves “The Main Streets and Backroads of New England,” so much so that that’s where he found the subjects of one of his books – and several people he now considers close friends.
This is a person who finds comfort and adventure in the small communities of rural New England. But one of his first visits to Hanson Library shook him.
Reinstein shared the anecdote as a humorous opening to his recent book talk at Hanson Public Library, titled, “Travels Through the Heart and Soul of New England: Stories of Struggle, Resilience and Triumph,” on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
“Part of what I love about coming down here is it is tucked away,” he said of the Hanson Library.
Not having GPS at the time, he thought, Reinstein sought directions out of town after his talk. He recalled how two library staff members argued a bit about directing him.
“It’s the most lost I’ve ever been in my life,” he said to his full-house author talk.
After driving a while, he came upon a large swamp in the dark.
“Oh, my god,” he thought to himself. “This is the Bridgewater Triangle!”
“I’ve been traveling all over New England for almost 30 years and this book is about the most memorable people I’ve met. Every single person is someone whose story not only intrigued me a lot…In telling their stories, I got to be equally fascinated with each of these people and, with no exceptions, they’ve become lifelong friends,” he said. “That is why I wanted to write a book. That doesn’t happen with every story – it can’t – but it did, and that’s why I wanted to tell their stories.”
It’s also about “third places.” Not workplaces or home, but where communities gather. Libraries, diners, general stores, rail trails offer nothing one can’t find somewhere else, except a sense of community, Reinstein says.
That sense of community can help people deal with struggles such as the loss of family-owned fishing boats in Gloucester; losing a livelihood through injury; working to chronicle the story of overlooked ancestors; or running a business alone.
Reinstein chronicles the struggles of:
•Fifth-generation Gloucester fishing boat Capt. Joe Sanfilippo, who now teaches fishing to people who may want to go into the business since families are no longer passing the skills down the generations.
•Louis Escobar, a former Rhode Island dairy farmer who was paralyzed when his tractor fell on him, immediately switched gears and work helping others with farm plans.
•Jerri-Anne Boggis of Milford, N.H., a Jamaican immigrant, has a knack for asking questions about people who look like her in her adopted state, and ended up co-founding the New Hampshire Black Heritage Trail.
•The Windsor Diner in Windsor, Vt., is owned by Theresa Rhodes, a rarity as a woman who owns a diner outright, but rarer still – she runs it by herself, with a secret to make it all work.
Then there are the tales of resilience.
“I think resilience is in New Englanders’ DNA. You have to be resilient just for weather, if nothing else,” Reinstein said.
That introduces the only non-human subject in his book.
“New England’s mill towns are the embodiment of resilience,” he said. “They’ve always been there. They’ve been there through thick and thin, they’ve been there , empty, abandoned and nobody wants to look at them anymore.”
Leaders of any mill town in New England could tell you the exact same thing: “If I could have blown those damn things up, I would have done it,” Reinstein said,
The buildings were too expensive to get rid of and they all were built on the exact same blueprint and a history of decades of economic ups and downs, only to be killed by corporate greed and the search for cheaper labor.
That began to change in the 1990s with an improving economy and new companies like biotech – and leaders with vision, such as Alan Casavant of Biddeford, Maine.
As a teen, he worked in a mill, the first in his family to go to college, he returned to his hometown to be a math teacher and track coach – and eventually ran for mayor to give something back to his city.
His success story is one of mayors across America who have used public-private partnerships to bring their cities back from the brink.
Small community rope-tow-equipped nonprofit ski areas in Vermont; a diner transferred from a mom to her daughter; an addict’s use of extreme hiking as a recovery program on Mt. Monadnock; and the Providence, R.I.’s Good Night Lights program for the children at Hasbro Children’s Hospital round out the book.

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Plympton considers Prop 2 1/2

February 21, 2025 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

The Plympton Finance Committee is discussing a Proposition 2 ½ override to address budget concerns and fund essential services. During a Feb. 10 joint meeting with the Board of Selectmen, officials discussed the possibility of increasing the town’s levy limit to meet financial needs.
Town Counsel Gregg Corbo provided an overview of override and debt exclusion options.
“An override is something where you raise your levy limit permanently for either a particular purpose or for general municipal purposes,” Corbo said. “The primary difference between an override and a debt exclusion is that the debt exclusion only stays on the tax rate until the debt is paid off.”
Only selectmen can call for an override vote.
Officials are grappling with a tight budget situation. The town’s current budget has only $7,343 available under the maximum allowable limit, while using some free cash and possibly general stabilization funds to balance the budget. This assumes budget requests were funded as they came in, and leaving only $450,000 for Town Meeting articles.
“We need to do something,” Finance Committee member Marilyn Browne stated. When discussing using over $800K in one-time funds to meet the operating budget she added, “we don’t want to do that anymore. We can avoid that. It’s just not very smart. It’s not fiscally sound.”
The Finance Committee is exploring various options to address the shortfall. These include potential cuts to department budgets and the use of reserve funds. However, officials expressed concern about relying too heavily on one-time funding sources.
“You don’t really want to draw from stabilization to fund your budget shortfall, or the reserve fund,” Corbo advised.
The school budget is a significant factor in the town’s financial considerations. Officials discussed potential increases in the Silver Lake assessment, which could range from $600,000 to $783,000. However, there is hope that this number could be reduced through various funding sources and reimbursements.
Silver Lake is also awaiting certification of the Excess and Deficiency (E&D) Fund, which could provide additional relief. “Depending on how E&D comes up, depending on the Circuit Breaker number, and depending on the 240 grant, there is a chance we could potentially get the assessment for Silver Lake to a net zero increase over last year,” School Committee member Jason Fraser stated.
Town officials anticipate receiving final cost estimates for the new fire station project by mid-April. The project’s design includes a wood frame building, potentially minimizing the impact of steel tariffs.
The fire station project has been designed with cost considerations in mind. Officials noted that the building will be primarily wood-framed, which could help mitigate the impact of potential steel tariffs.
“We don’t have a ton of steel in the station. It’s mostly going to be a wood frame building,” Wilhelmsen explained.
The town is also making progress on water infrastructure. A mega well producing 109 gallons per minute has been successfully tested. However, two smaller wells have experienced collapses and require further investigation.
If the town decides to pursue an override or debt exclusion, officials will need to navigate complex legal requirements. Corbo cautioned about limitations on using public resources to advocate for or against ballot questions.
“There is a campaign finance law in Massachusetts, and the requirements of the state ethics commission limit the extent to which public funds can be used or public resources can be used to advocate for or against a valid question, including an override or a debt exclusion,” he said.
The Finance Committee plans to reconvene after gathering more information on potential funding sources and budget adjustments. They aim to develop a comprehensive plan before presenting options to the public.
Officials stressed the importance of public outreach and education if they decide to pursue an override or debt exclusion. “It does take a fair amount of outreach,” Corbo noted. “You know, all the departments kind of have to, you know, work together.”
The town faces critical decisions in the coming weeks as it balances the need for essential services with the financial constraints of Proposition 2 ½ . The outcome of these discussions will have significant implications for the town’s budget and services in the upcoming fiscal year.

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WPI students complete intensive research projects

February 14, 2025 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

A total of 356 undergraduate students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) completed research-driven, professional-level projects that apply science and technology to address an important societal need or issue.
Known as the Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP), this project is a core part of the innovative undergraduate experience at WPI. Centered around project-based learning, this hands-on approach offers students opportunities to help develop thoughtful solutions to open-ended problems. These real-world problems affect the quality of life for people in the communities where students work, giving students a chance to make a difference in the world before they graduate. About two-thirds of WPI students complete their IQPs at one of the university’s 50+ off-campus project centers located in more than 30 countries around the world.
“The WPI project-based curriculum’s focus on global studies brings students out of the classroom and their comfort zones and into the global community to apply their knowledge and to solve problems,” said Professor Kent Rissmiller, professor of International & Global Studies and associate dean of The Global School. “Students are immersed in all aspects of a different culture-from the way people live and work to the values they hold to the foods they eat, all valuable perspectives for surviving and thriving in today’s global marketplace. They also learn the meaning and magic of teamwork; make a real and meaningful difference in their host community; and gain a competitive edge for any resume, or graduate or professional school application.”
The following students were part of a team that completed an intensive project:
Matthew Hybertson from Kingston, class of 2026, majoring in Mechanical Engineering, completed a project titled Exploring History Through SantaFe.live’s Interactive Archive.
Colby O’Connell from Kingston, class of 2026, majoring in Aerospace Engineering, completed a project titled Evaluating Nordural’s School of Heavy Industry.
WPI is a top-tier STEM-focused research university and a recognized pioneer and global leader in project-based learning. WPI was founded in 1865 on the principle that students learn most effectively by applying the theory learned in the classroom to the practice of solving real-world problems.
, WPI’s continued mission is to transform lives, turn knowledge into action to confront global challenges, and revolutionize STEM through distinctive and inclusive education, projects, and research. WPI’s project-based curriculum engages undergraduates in solving important scientific, technological, and societal problems throughout their education and at more than 50 project centers around the world. Today WPI offers more than 70 bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs across 18 academic departments in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts. To help address ongoing challenges, improve lives, and help create a more sustainable world, WPI faculty and students pursue groundbreaking research in such areas as the life sciences, smart technologies, materials and manufacturing, and global initiatives.

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Public Comment period opened for MBTA Communities regs

February 7, 2025 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has opened a Public Comment Period for the MBTA Communities Act now through Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
To access the public comment form online, go to https://www.mass.gov/forms/mbta-communities-regulations-public-comment-form
The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) had filed emergency regulations with the Secretary of the Commonwealth to support ongoing implementation of the MBTA Communities Law.
The filing came six days after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued an opinion affirming that the state’s MBTA Communities Law is constitutional. The decision affirmed that under the law each of the 177 communities included in the MBTA Communities Law must have at least one zoning district of reasonable size where multifamily housing is permitted as of right. It also affirmed the Attorney General’s right to enforce the law.
As part of the opinion, the court wrote that the previous administration did not correctly advance the guidelines for the law’s implementation. The court directed EOHLC to publish the law’s guidelines in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act in order for the law to be enforceable. Emergency regulations are in effect immediately and for 90 days. EOHLC intends to adopt regulations permanently following a public comment period.
“These regulations will allow us to continue moving forward with implementation of the MBTA Communities Law, which will increase housing production and lower costs across the state,” said Governor Maura Healey. “These regulations allow communities more time to come into compliance with the law, and we are committed to working with them to advance zoning plans that fit their unique needs. We look forward to soon celebrating more communities joining the 116 that have already said yes to housing.”
“Firefighters, teachers and essential workers deserve to live in the communities they serve,” said Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll. “Cities and towns that have taken action recognize that the MBTA Communities Law creates housing opportunities for their residents, and we look forward to supporting communities who have yet to act and help them come into compliance.”
The emergency regulations do not substantively change the law’s zoning requirements and do not affect any determinations of compliance that have been already issued by EOHLC. The regulations do provide additional time for MBTA communities that failed to meet prior deadlines to come into compliance with the law.
“We want to make sure these communities have adequate time to develop their zoning, conduct public engagement activities and bring that zoning to their local legislative bodies,” said Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus. “Local involvement is critical in developing zoning districts that put multifamily housing where communities have determined are the best locations.”
Communities that did not meet prior deadlines must submit a new action plan to the state, outlining their plan to achieve compliance, by 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 13, 2025. These communities will have until July 14, 2025, to submit a district compliance application to the state.
Communities designated as adjacent small towns still have a Dec. 31, 2025, deadline to adopt zoning.
A total of 116 communities have already adopted multifamily zoning districts as a result of the law and more than 3,000 housing units are already in the pipeline to be built in adopted districts.
The MBTA Communities Law (Section 3A of the state Zoning Act) was passed near-unanimously in 2021 by a bipartisan Legislature with the intention of removing exclusionary zoning barriers to housing production. The law requires 177 communities to zone for multifamily housing. It does not require development.
Multifamily zoning district design is a locally controlled process. More information on community categories, deadlines, and zoning requirements can be found on the Mass.gov website under “What is an MBTA Community”?

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