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  • Opinion
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    Rachel Fricke Cardelle

    We at Mount Wachusett Community College have a strong belief in the power of education to transform lives.

  • Advice
    Advice

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    Anthony Price

    Long before a startup gets its first customer, the founders are thinking about solving a problem and dominating their market by releasing their disruptive product into the world.

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    Victor Cruz

    Comedians must know their audience. Public relations people must know their readers and audience, depending on the target publication.

  • Focus On Banking & Finance
    Focus On Banking & Finance

    The largest Central Mass. communities are bulking up their rainy day funds

    Grant Welker

    Despite a long run of economic growth, economists are predicting when the next market correction or recession may hit.

  • Editorial
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    Don't fear marijuana

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Today's Poll

Should Mass. officials be allowed to force local communities to zone for multifamily housing?
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Poll Description

On March 19, a judge ruled the showdown between the Massachusetts attorney general and the Town of Milton will go before the full Supreme Judicial Court in October. The dispute is over the MBTA Communities Act, which requires cities and towns near T service to adopt zoning allowing multifamily housing by right in certain areas. Some Massachusetts local governments, including Holden, have pushed back against the requirement, saying such zoning doesn't fit in their communities. 

Gov. Maura Healey and Attorney General Andrea Campbell have cracked down on non-compliant communities with lawsuits and by reducing state funding, as part of a larger effort to address the statewide affordable housing crisis. The MBTA Communities Act is one of a handful of laws designed to increase housing construction by having at least one zoning district of reasonable size where multifamily housing is permitted.