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The recently-released Fire Study done by Municipal Services recommends adding a fourth, new Fire Station as the City continues to grow, but controversially also suggests re-purposing the recently-renovated Central Fire Station into an EMS, or ambulance, outpost. The Fire Study came out earlier this month from Donald Bliss, former New Hampshire Fire Marshal and owner of Municipal Services, and made 65 recommendations, of which only a fraction were controversial. The hope, Bliss said at a meeting two weeks ago, was to provide a roadmap forward as the City and its Fire Service continues to evolv...

The Pioneer apartment community on the Parkway – one of the first such new residences to open in the formerly industrial Commercial Triangle – has sold to Northwestern Mutual Life of Milwaukee for $132 million in a recent trade. The Pioneer features 286 units of apartment housing with 50 different layouts and it opened to tenants in early 2019 – boasting some of the most modern amenities like fitness centers and community rooms and outdoor courtyards that Everett had yet to see. It was also literally the pioneer housing program in the Commercial Triangle, which now has thousands of unit...

The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) signaled an overall openness to the 21-story mixed-use residential tower proposed by V10 Development for the center of the Commercial Triangle area, but the Board also wanted more study and to move cautiously on the area’s first high-rise proposal. Sky Everett is proposed by V10, which is made up of Ricky Beliveau and John Tocco, and would be their second development in Everett after being approved for The 600 on Broadway. On Monday, they were before the ZBA for their first meeting to proposing Sky Everett – a 21-story tower on Spring and Second Streets a...

The Planning Board on Feb. 8 approved a minor modification to the newer plan for the old Wood Waste site, a 600-plus unit residential community build on the construction waste yard, and paved the way for the project to start very soon. Greystar Development’s Tammy Copson was at the Board on Feb. 8 for a minor modification to make sure the former conditions on the approvals jived with what the plan is now on paper. The changes clear the path for a potential construction on the site of 650-units of housing in two, six-story buildings with 9,000 sq. ft. of retail space.

One year ago, the Council Chambers were packed to an overflow level to welcome in the new City Council and hear Mayor Carlo DeMaria give his annual State of the City Address. It seems like a time and place from another world – a world without masks, distancing requirements or fear of sickness, job loss and hunger. Mayor Carlo DeMaria delivered his annual State of the City Address virtually on Thursday, Feb. 4. The speech was heavy on looking back at 2020, and also moving forward with initiatives for 2021 when, hopefully, the pandemic has subsided a bit. It was, though, just one short year a...