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by Jody Nelson last modified May 04, 2008 11:01 PM

Articles collected in 2007

"Worries grow as Chelmsford fire stations go part-time"
Lowell Sun article, July 1

"Fire stations being closed to save money"
Chelmsford Independent Article, June 27

"Kindergarten aides get to keep jobs"
Chelmsford Independent Article, June 22

PCF praises re-development plan in North Chelmsford. Read the article here and then the Editorial response.

"Home costs stay beyond reach of most"
Boston Globe article, June 11

"Tewksbury flexes muscles with new anti-40b power"
Lowell Sun article, June 3

"Duxbury/Kingston Selectmen Fight Back: 40B proposal insulting"
May 24

"Who's profiting?"
Boston Globe article, May 31

"Kindergarten aids facing budget ax"
Lowell Sun article, May 25

"Kindergarten could go full-day"
Chelmsford Independent Article, May 23

"Mass housing prices dropping"
Lowell Sun article, May 23

"New Developer wins disputed parcel on Littleton Road at auction"
Lowell Sun article, May 17

"New group takes new tack on housing"
Boston Globe article, May 10

"Chelmsford mulls full-day kindergarten"
Lowell Sun article, May 10

"Proposed 40B location site in foreclosure"
Chelmsford Independent Article, May 9

"40B impacts town sewer systems"
Lowell Sun Article, Monday May 7

"Builder intends to use 40B to push development"
Boston Globe Article, May 6

"School cuts are fewer"
Chelmsford Independent Article, April 30

"State withdraws support after cost discrepancies
Boston Globe, April 19

"Builder's profit is new battleground"
Boston Globe, April 12

"40B: Overview of a failed policy"
MA Coalition for Healthy Communities Editorial

"MA Investigator General says builders hid profits"
Boston Globe article, Feb 4

"Housing in Crisis: A Call to Reform MA Affordable Housing Law"
Boston College Law Review, 2005

“Chapter 40B Task Force Findings and Recommendations”
Final report of the Governor’s Chapter 40B Task Force

“Reconciling Massachusetts’ Affordable Housing Law and Environmental Protection”
Harvard Law School independent study examines the dichotomy between environmental protection mandates and affordable housing mandates

“Recommendations to Improve Chapter 40B, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Permit Law”
Predictably misnamed document recommends no changes to Chapter 40B, but summarizes pro-growth recommendations from CHAPA (a coalition of developers, realtors, and bankers) including more permits, more subsidies, and looser zoning