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Gloucester City Council Unanimously Accepts $178.7 Million FY2027 Budget for Review

GLOUCESTER — May 6, 2026 — Gloucester City Council votes 9-0 to accept Mayor Lundberg's $178.7 million FY2027 budget and open a 45-day review. The council convened a special meeting May 6 solely to receive the balanced spending plan, which totals exactly $178,690,650 in both

Gloucester City Council Votes 9-0 to Accept $178.7 Million FY27 Budget

GLOUCESTER — May 5, 2026 — Gloucester City Council unanimously accepts $178.7 million FY27 budget for 45-day review. The council voted 9-0 on May 5 at a special meeting to formally receive Mayor Greg Lundberg's proposed fiscal year 2027 budget of $178,690,650 and refer it

Gloucester Zoning Board Approves 29-Unit Downtown Affordable Housing Project Under 40B

GLOUCESTER — April 29, 2026 — Gloucester's Zoning Board of Appeals approved a comprehensive Chapter 40B permit for a 29-unit downtown rental development and cleared seven other property applications at its April 29 meeting. The board voted 5-0 to grant the comprehensive permit to Harbor Light Community Partners

Gloucester City Council Approves Tax Title Fund, Hears $218 Million Sewer Financing Plan

GLOUCESTER — April 28, 2026 — Gloucester City Council hears $218 million wastewater plant financing plan and votes to create a tax title collection fund. CFO Connor McCorkle told councilors Tuesday that the mandated wastewater treatment plant upgrade — the largest capital project in city history — will cost approximately $218 million in total,

Gloucester Planning Board Continues Applied Materials Hearing, Approves Energy North Subdivision Plan

GLOUCESTER — April 16, 2026 — Gloucester planners advance Applied Materials' 276,000-square-foot logistics warehouse while keeping the public hearing open. The Planning Board voted unanimously at its April 16 meeting to continue both the site plan review and the watershed protection overlay special permit hearing for Applied Materials

Gloucester City Council Hears $218 Million Sewer Plant Financing Plan, Confirms New Board Member

GLOUCESTER — April 14, 2026 — Gloucester City Council gets first look at $218 million wastewater plant financing as debt service projected to peak at $10 million annually by 2031. CFO Connor McCorkle told the council Tuesday that the project — the single most expensive in city history — is not optional, mandated under

Gloucester ZBA Approves Additions at Guy Avenue and St. Louis Avenue

GLOUCESTER — April 9, 2026 — Gloucester's Zoning Board of Appeals approved two residential addition projects and rescheduled a heavy nine-case hearing night at its April 9 meeting. The board granted a special permit to Daniel Glynn and Maria Carpenter to build a two-story rear addition at 21

Gloucester Planning Board Endorses Gee Avenue Lot Split in Unanimous Vote

GLOUCESTER — April 2, 2026 — Gloucester Planning Board unanimously endorses lot split, accepts Essex Avenue subdivision withdrawal. Meeting under member Sean Henry, filling in for an absent chair and vice chair, the four-member board voted 4-0 Thursday to endorse an approval-not-required plan by owner Ellen Ford dividing

Gloucester Zoning Board Grants Estuary Way Garage Variance, Plans Ordinance Review Panel

GLOUCESTER — March 26, 2026 — Gloucester Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved a garage variance and moved to form a zoning ordinance review subcommittee at its March 26 meeting. The board voted 4-0 to grant a variance under section 3.2.3 of the zoning ordinance allowing a roughly 50-

Gloucester School Committee Prepares to Submit MSBA Applications for Two Elementary Schools

GLOUCESTER — March 25, 2026 — Gloucester School Committee moves toward MSBA applications for Beeman and Plum Cove elementary schools. The committee reviewed draft Statements of Interest for both buildings at its March 25 meeting and is set to vote authorization to submit them at its April 8 meeting, ahead of a

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