Friday, March 15, 2013
A variation on the You Asked, Patch Answers, is Who Asked, where we ask a question we think you might be wondering about.
So, what is new with the court challenge to rezoning the vacant Greenwood Middle School. The Boston Land Court case has been assigned to a Fast Track and is scheduled for a case management conference on April 24 at 11 a.m. The conference is a chance for the parties to talk about scheduling. Here is a defintion of a case management conference, as provided by uslegal.com There are various stages in litigation, such as the filing of a complaint, answers, the discovery process (interrogatories, subpoenae, depostions, etc.), and motions that occur before a trial is held or a decision is rendered. Each stage of the process has a scheduled timeframe in which it must be filed with the court or completed. When a complaint is filed and a case is …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
The two sides will receive transcripts and have a month to file briefs.
The next phase of a court challenge to rezoning the vacant Greenwood Middle School will be distribution of the court transcipt to the two sides. After the transcript is provided, both sides will have 30 days to file legal briefs, said Town Administrator Tom Younger. The parties can also request final oral argument, he said. The case got underway Jan. 10 in Boston Land Court. Arthur MacLeod and at least 12 other plaintiffs maintain the rezoning — allowing substantial higher density — is "spot" zoning and impermissable. The town of Swampscott denies that the rezoning is impermissable. On the first day of the trial those providing testimony included neighbors who had filed the claim, and witnesses from the town’s side (Jill Sullivan and …
Monday, September 24, 2012
The meeting starts at 7 at the Senior Center behind Swampscott High.
The Planning Board's site review of the proposed Fisherman's Watch condo project on Greenwood Avenue continues tonight. The Groom Construction proposal is to buy the old Middle School building from the town, tear it down and replace it with a 41-unit condominium building. Last month's review with the Planning Board touched on items including the following: Remaining topics could include the project's influence on the Greenwood neighborhood, its landscaping and its architecture. In July the Historical Commission voted to invoke up to a nine-month delay to demolition of the former high school and middle school on the hill. Members of the panel hope to preserve at least some of the property. Developers maintain the building has limited …
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The board meets at 7 pm on Wednesday at Town Hall.
Selectmen on Wednesday are scheduled to talk in closed session about the former school on Greenwood Avenue and the former Temple Israel, two town-owned properties. The board's chairman, Rich Malagrifa, said he expects the members will talk about the lawsuit challenging the Greenwood proposal. As far as the temple property goes, he expects they will talk about the developer's amended proposal. A zoning amendment that would have cleared the way for the development failed at town meeting in May. It was defeated after speakers raised concerns about there being too many properties on the land. Selectman Jill Sullivan said on Monday that she expects selectmen will talk in open session about the temple proposal after their closed session ends…
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Groom Construction describes new 41 condos that would be priced from $300,000 to $2 million.
The builders of the town's first school in 1894 knew they were giving future students one of the best views of the harbor. But they probably never dreamed that 120 years later condominiums built to take advantage of that same view might be valued at $2 million. The 41 condominiums proposed for the old Middle School site at 71 Greenwood Ave. would be priced from the $300,000s with the penthouses being listed at $2 million, Bill DiMento, the attorney for Groom Construction, said Monday night. That is, if the new condos win approval from two town boards. About 40 residents showed up for the Planning Board's first public hearing on the proposed condominiums Monday night at the Senior Center. The Zoning Board of Appeals will meet on the same…
Monday, October 10, 2011
On Wednesday, Selectmen will focus on the possible sales of the town-owned Greenwood Avenue and Temple properties.
The highest bids are $625,00 for the former middle school on Greenwood and $2.2 million for the former Temple Israel.
Board of Selectmen Chairman Matt Strauss thinks the latest bids for two town-owned properties are promising. The highest bids are $625,00 for the former middle school on Greenwood Avenue and $2.2 million for the former Temple Israel on Humphrey Street. The town bought the Temple for $3.26 million. Speaking for himself, Strauss said he is pleased to see the bids are considerably larger than those offered last year when a majority of the board voted to not accept the bids. Last year selectmen voted down a bid of $400,000 for the former middle school and a bid of $1.2 million for the former temple. This time around the largest bid for the former middle school on Greenwood Avenue is 50 percent more than the amount bid last year, Strauss said. …
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Proposals for Greenwood Avenue, Temple properties have been reviewed and scored.
The Town Building Oversight Committee met for four hours Wednesday night, as they reviewed and scored four responses to the town’s request for proposals to develop the Greenwood Avenue School and Temple Israel property. With two proposals for each property to consider, the committee ultimately decided to send both Greenwood Avenue proposals to the selectmen for their consideration, but favored a proposal to build 19 detached single-family homes on the Temple property, based largely on the difference in the purchase offers from the two developers and concerns over one proposal's timeliness, financing and compatibility with the neighborhood. The committee including Chairman Martin Grasso Jr., Michael McClung, Bill O’Brien and Gail Rosenberg …
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