One person is dead after officials say they were struck by an MBTA commuter rail train in Boston on Monday morning. Emergency ...

A person was fatally hit by an MBTA commuter rail train in West Roxbury, Boston, affecting rail service with train ...

Voters in Needham Tuesday repealed state-mandated zoning that would have paved the way for more housing, sending town leaders back to square one to comply with the MBTA Communities Act.. More than ...

Needham became the latest Massachusetts suburb to shoot down a controversial state-mandated MBTA zoning plan, but its Select Board chairman says the town won’t follow in Milton’s footsteps.

Local News Needham rejects MBTA zoning compliance after town-wide vote 6,904 people voted down the zoning changes, while 4,914 people voted to keep in compliance with the law.

Residents voted Tuesday to reject a zoning plan that would have brought Needham into compliance with the MBTA Communities Act.The state's new law was upheld by the Supreme Judicial Court last week.

At least for now, the vote leaves the town without an MBTA Communities plan, though Governor Maura Healey’s administration on Tuesday gave Needham and several other communities that had been ...

Needham is the latest town to reject MBTA Communities zoning. Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal. By Greg Ryan – Senior Reporter, Boston Business Journal. Jan 15, 2025.

Needham could follow in Milton's footsteps by reversing its approval of zoning meant to comply with the MBTA Communities Act, inviting possible legal action from the state.

The 30 communities that did not pass MBTA zoning by the end of 2024 ... Hanson, Holden, Ipswich, Marblehead, Marshfield, Middleborough, Middleton, Millbury, Needham, North Reading, Norton ...

Needham is one of 177 cities and towns in Eastern Massachusetts that are served by the MBTA and thus need to write new zoning plans to enable more multifamily housing, under a state law passed in ...

Needham became the latest Massachusetts suburb to shoot down a controversial state-mandated MBTA zoning plan, but its Select Board chairman says the town won't follow in Milton’s footsteps.