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Lauren Ennis

July 30, 2022
Town Hall Topics
1 min read

Two-Family Housing Amendments Targeted for Spring Town Meeting

The Planning Board voted Tuesday, July 26, to include zoning bylaw amendments expediting expansion of the town’s inventory of two-family dwellings on the 2023 Annual Town Meeting warrant.

Board Chair Steven Hagan advised against proposing “sweeping” changes at the fall town meeting and recommended waiting…

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Planning Board Approves Life Science Facility on Site of Former Bedford Glen Hotel

June 15, 2022
1 min read

The Bedford Planning Board Tuesday unanimously approved a site plan for a…

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Planning Board Continues to Digest Old Billerica Road Residential Plan

May 12, 2022
1 min read

The Planning Board this week continued its preliminary discussion of a proposed…

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Planning Board Proceeds with Drafting Zoning Bylaw Reorganization

by Lauren Ennis
March 8, 2023
1 min read

The Bedford Planning Board last week gave its consultant the go-ahead to pursue a draft reorganizing the zoning bylaw.…

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Planning Board to Seek Residents’ Ideas on Multi-Family Housing Requirement

by Lauren Ennis
March 7, 2023
1 min read

The Bedford Planning Board last week agreed to create and distribute a public survey to residents regarding the state’s guidelines on multi-family…

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Board Approves Final Version of Two-Family Dwelling Amendments

by Lauren Ennis
March 2, 2023
1 min read

The Bedford Planning Board on Tuesday, after months of preparations, approved the final version of zoning bylaw amendments designed to encourage more…

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Planning Board Endorses Plan for Hillside Avenue Houses

by Lauren Ennis
February 1, 2023
1 min read

The Bedford Planning Board supports a proposed redevelopment at 42-44 Hillside Ave. …

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Planning Board Members Advocate for Facilitating Two-Family Houses

by Lauren Ennis
January 5, 2023
2 mins read

Members of the Bedford Planning Board on Tuesday advocated for proposed zoning bylaw changes that would facilitate additional two-family dwellings in Bedford.…

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After Three Decades, Page Hill Developer’s Obligations Still Pending, Board Learns

by Lauren Ennis
December 19, 2022
2 mins read

The Bedford Planning Board is one step closer to declaring the so-called Page Hill subdivision in default. …

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Hearing Continues on Proposed Housing at Former Horse Farm

by Lauren Ennis
December 16, 2022
3 mins read

The Bedford Planning Board continued its virtual public hearing on a request for a special permit that would allow a planned residential…

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Planning Board Endorses Concept Draft of Carlisle Road Housing

by Lauren Ennis
December 15, 2022
1 min read

The Bedford Planning Board endorsed a concept draft of a proposed Local Initiative Project (LIP) on land off Carlisle Road on Tuesday.…

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Hearings Begin on Proposed Two-Family Dwelling Zoning Changes

by Lauren Ennis
November 21, 2022
1 min read

The Bedford Planning Board last week held a public hearing regarding its draft revisions to the zoning bylaw related to two-family dwellings.…

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Consultants Report They Found Zoning Bylaw Structure ‘Confusing’

by Lauren Ennis
November 16, 2022
2 mins read

The consultants engaged by the Bedford Planning Board to assess whether to reorganize the zoning bylaw told the board at a meeting…

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Planning Board Approves Site Plan for 180 Hartwell Road

by Lauren Ennis
November 2, 2022
1 min read

The Bedford Planning Board unanimously approved a site plan for a proposed laboratory/research and development building at Werfen, the 350,000-square-foot complex at…

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Security a Focus of 40 Middlesex Turnpike Office Building Site Plan

by Lauren Ennis
November 1, 2022
1 min read

The Planning Board approved a site plan for modifications to a building at 40 Middlesex Turnpike last week with an emphasis on…

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Planning Board Talks Two-Family Dwellings with Bedford Day Visitors 

by Lauren Ennis
September 30, 2022
1 min read

Two-family dwellings were on residents’ minds on Bedford Day – at least once they were informed by Planning Board members of upcoming…

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Old Billerica Road Housing Proposal Elicits Range of Concerns

by Lauren Ennis
September 15, 2022
3 mins read

A wide range of concerns – from board members as well as neighbors -- marked the Planning Board’s public hearing Tuesday on…

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MBTA Housing Guideline Revisions Exclude Mixed-Use Projects

by Lauren Ennis
August 26, 2022
1 min read

The final version of state-mandated housing guidelines for MBTA communities exacerbates the challenge of compliance for Bedford.

According to legislation defining the guidelines,…

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Planning Board Offers Support for 330 South Road

by Lauren Ennis
August 24, 2022
1 min read

The Planning Board Tuesday voted to send a memo to the Zoning Board of Appeals supporting a comprehensive permit for a housing…

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Planning Board Continues Review its Draft for Two-Family Housing

by Lauren Ennis
August 15, 2022
1 min read

The Bedford Planning Board last week continued to review draft zoning bylaw amendments that would expand opportunities for two-family dwellings.

After some members…

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Planning Board Searches for Consensus on Two-Family Zoning Issues

by Lauren Ennis
July 19, 2022
1 min read

The Planning Board met on July 12 and searched for consensus on potential zoning bylaw amendments that would facilitate more two-family dwellings…

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Bedford Planning Board Weighs Zoning Bylaw Changes and Considers Community Survey

by Lauren Ennis
June 30, 2022
1 min read

Bedford's Planning Board discussed potential zoning bylaw amendments regarding requirements for two-family dwellings and decided to distribute an online survey to residents…

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Planning Board Approves Proposed Life Science Facility on Crosby Drive

by Lauren Ennis
May 26, 2022
1 min read

The Bedford Planning Board Tuesday approved a request to allow construction of a 160,000-square-foot life science facility and a 442-space parking structure…

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Planning Board Rejects 5 Pine Street Property Proposal

by Lauren Ennis
May 4, 2022
1 min read

The Bedford Planning Board decided that a small multi-family development proposed for 5 Pine St. at the corner of YD Road was…

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Planning Board Approves Request for Prefab Building for MITRE’s BlueTech Lab

by Lauren Ennis
April 13, 2022
1 min read

The Planning Board Tuesday approved a proposal from MITRE Corp. on Burlington Road for the installation of a 10,000-square-foot prefabricated structure.

The approval…

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