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Peabody City Council Unanimously Authorizes $1.2 Million Bond for School Roofs

PEABODY — June 11, 2026 — Peabody's City Council unanimously authorized $1.2 million in borrowing for school roof replacements and approved four fund transfers totaling more than $758,000 at its June 11 session. The bond order, introduced jointly by Councilor Gamache and Councilor Peach and carried 10-0,

Peabody Conservation Commission Denies Both Lowell Street Projects 5-1

PEABODY — June 10, 2026 — Peabody Conservation Commission voted 5-1 twice to deny proposed developments on Lowell Street, turning away a group residential facility for Northeast Arc and a duplex proposal by Cosmo and Zoe Evangelides in a meeting that ran past 11 p.m. Commissioner Bruce Comac cast the

Salem Planning Board unanimously approves House of Athletes fitness studio at South Broadway plaza

SALEM — June 9, 2026 — Salem Planning Board unanimously approves House of Athletes fitness studio at Funhouse Plaza with reduced parking allowance. The board voted 7-0 Tuesday to grant a change of use and conditional use permit for the 18,000-square-foot second-floor space at 291 South Broadway,

Peabody School Committee unanimously advances revised anti-bullying policy to second reading

PEABODY — June 9, 2026 — Peabody School Committee gives unanimous first reading to revised anti-bullying policy honoring Jason Bernard. The committee voted 6-0 at its June 9 meeting at Higgins Middle School to advance Policy JICFB, which adds a written-reporting requirement for bullying allegations that goes beyond what

Salem Conservation Commission Approves $4,000 Beaver Pipe Fix, Schedules Land Hearing

SALEM — June 3, 2026 — Salem Conservation Commission votes 7-0 to address beaver flooding with $4,000 pipe installation. The commission, chaired by Georgia Brust and staffed by Community Development Project Manager Creighton Brubaker, approved two water-control pipes at a beaver dam site near Bluff Street after rejecting any

Peabody Finance Committee Advances $200 Trash Fee and Water Rate Hikes

PEABODY — June 2, 2026 — Peabody Finance Committee votes 4-1 to advance a $200 annual residential trash fee to the full City Council. Mayor Edward Betancourt, citing a $6.2 million health insurance cost increase and a $648,000 spike in prevailing-wage payments to trash hauler Republic Services, told

Wrong transcript supplied — Westwood Planning Board content cannot be reported as Groveland news

GROVELAND — June 2, 2026 — No brief produced. The June 2, 2026 transcript submitted for the Groveland Planning Board is a Westwood Planning Board summary video hosted by Westwood Planning Board Chair Ellen Rawlings, covering business at 504 Canton Street and 260 Washington Street in Westwood, Massachusetts. No Groveland municipal business

Wrong recording submitted: no Salem School Committee business found on tape

SALEM — May 28, 2026 — A recording submitted for the Salem School Committee's May 28, 2026 meeting contains no Salem, Massachusetts public business. The footage is an episode of "Discovery," a student-produced program from Salem High School, in which a student host interviews a school board

Beverly City Council Delays Trash Fee Vote, Schedules Special May 27 Meeting

BEVERLY — May 18, 2026 — Beverly City Council punts on trash fee vote, schedules special meeting for May 27. The nine-member council declined to take a first-reading vote Monday on a proposed ordinance that would raise the city's residential trash fee from $100 to as much as

Woburn panel advances gym, dog kennel permits; keeps Franklin Street rebuild in committee

GROVELAND — May 11, 2026 — Woburn's Committee on Special Permits advanced two petitions to the full City Council and kept two others in committee at its May 11 session. The panel, chaired by Councilor Charles Viola in the absence of Chair Councilor Marissa Bruin, voted unanimously to send a