After working through a process with ISO New England over the last two months, Exelon Generation and ISO filed a proposal with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that would keep two Mystic Station generators going after 2022 – for…
Author: Seth Daniel
Encore’s Off-Site Construction on Speedy Timetable, to Finish This Fall
One can’t help but marvel at the 20-plus story casino tower and resort coming to life on Lower Broadway while passing by, but it will likely be the massive amounts of road construction that they will see this summer as…
US Supreme Court Throws Out Sports Betting Ban, All Eyes on Encore Boston Harbor
The US Supreme Court issued a revolutionary decision repealing the ban on sports betting Monday morning that has far-reaching effects in the world of sport, but also has major implications right in Everett’s backyard at the Encore Boston Harbor casino…
The Big Deal:DiDomenico Shepherds Big School Funding Fix Through Senate Budget
If the world of education funding has been a massive break over the past three years, then Sen. Sal DiDomenico is the technician who showed up just in time this year with the parts to fix it. DiDomenico reported this…
LimeBike Dockless Bike Rentals to Premiere in Everett This Month
Transportation change is coming to Everett this month, and it’s lime green. The City announced this week that LimeBike – a dock-less bike rental company – has worked out an agreement to place 300 bicycles in Everett for rent starting…
Conservation Law Issues Pointed Letter at Gateway Mall Owners
The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and its attorneys have issued a strongly-worded letter to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) castigating the owners of the Gateway Mall for shirking their state licensing responsibilities. The letter, from CLF Environmental Planning…
Devereux Takes the Reins as Head of Assessing Department
When B.J. Devereux took over the Assessing Department on April 28, he brought 29 years-worth of real-estate assessing experience with him, yet he said the most important thing is his office won’t necessarily be experience, but rather customer service. “Our…
Moving Forward:Mass Gaming Clears Removal of Steve Wynn from Gaming License
A big sigh of relief lingered over One Horizon Way on Monday afternoon, as the Encore Boston Harbor folks received word that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) would allow Steve Wynn to be removed from the gaming license – effectively…
ZBA Approves Renovation/Conversion of the Ferry Street Rooming House
The Everett Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) met on Monday and approved the renovation of a Ferry Street rooming house that will convert the building into 19 individual apartments and discard the rooming house format. In what was highly anticipated…
Malden Greenway Plan Wins New Urbanism Award
The Malden River Greenway planning process, which played out last summer and concluded last fall in Everett, has won a 2018 Urbanism Award from the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) – an all New England non-profit. The award was given…