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Planning Board Backs Dark Sky Bylaw Push
Hamilton Planning Board backs a townwide outdoor lighting bylaw and clears a packed agenda.
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Peabody Planning Board endorses Lowell Street subdivision, approves dental site plan
Peabody Planning Board splits 4-1 on a Lowell Street subdivision and tightens its late-filing rules.
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Planning Board continues solar hearing to Sept. 9
Wenham Planning Board continued a solar hearing and dug into sweeping new state zoning rules. The board voted unanimously to push the hearing on Solect Energy's proposed 91 Grapevine Road solar array to September 9, pending a response from National Grid.
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Danvers approves 88 apartments at Newberry Street
Danvers Planning Board approved an 88-unit apartment conversion at 51 Newberry Street and punted two other projects to September amid a three-member quorum.
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Manchester Planning Board Approves One Deer Hill Road Duplex Special Permit
Manchester-by-the-Sea Planning Board approves duplex special permit, defers Housing Production Plan vote. The board voted five to zero Monday to approve a special permit for Todd T.
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Planning Board Recommends Doubling Eastern Point Lot Rule
Gloucester Planning Board votes to close an Eastern Point zoning loophole and pave over a 40-year-old gravel lot.
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Planning Board continues height ordinance to Aug. 19
Newburyport's Planning Board continued a joint hearing on a residential height-limit ordinance to August 19.
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Planning Board Weighs Spring Vote On Zoning Rules
West Newbury's Planning Board leaned toward pushing zoning and general bylaw changes to the spring 2027 town meeting instead of this fall.
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Planning Board Adopts Dark Sky Bylaw Appendix
Hamilton Planning Board hears Harborlight's affordable housing lottery plan and advances a dark sky bylaw.
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Groveland Continues Vote on Zero-Parking Flower Shop
Groveland Planning Board balks at zero-parking flower shop, continues hearing to Sept. 8.
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