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Southborough hires a new town planner

August 31, 2010 09:27:06 AM

Last week the Planning Board interviewed two candidates for town planner. The position has been vacant since former Town Planner Vera Kolias resigned this past April.

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Gulbankians given a month to come up with plan to appease neighbors

August 26, 2010 12:29:58 PM
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The Gulbankian’s will meet with town department heads to work out solutions to neighbors concerns about noise, lighting, drainage, screening, and other issues. They’ll return to the ZBA in September with a plan.

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ZBA to consider Gulbankian businesses again on Wednesday

August 24, 2010 10:00:45 AM
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The Gulbankian family will go before the Zoning Board of Appeals once again on Wednesday night. When they were in front of the board late last month, a capacity crowd turned out to argue both for and against the family’s businesses.

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Gulbankians cease and desist order overturned

August 17, 2010 12:11:54 PM

The Gulbankian family went before the Zoning Board of Appeals last night seeking to resume operation of their machine shop. The Metrowest Daily News has this report.

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Gulbankians to appeal cease and desist order tonight

August 16, 2010 09:37:09 AM
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Back in June Building Inspector Dave Gusmini issued a cease and desist order against two of the business operated by the Gulbankian family on their Mt. Vickery Road property. Tonight the family will go before the Zoning Board of Appeals to appeal the order.

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Board asks developer to further scale back Woodland Meadows 40B

August 12, 2010 12:12:29 PM

When the Woodland Meadows 40B housing development off Oak Hill Road was first proposed, it was going to be a 4-story, 43-unit complex. When the developer was unable to get approval for the project due to stormwater concerns, he scaled it back to 16 townhouses. Now the Zoning Board of Appeals has asked him to scale it back even further.

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In the media: Board frustrated about Southborough town planner probe

August 10, 2010 12:04:23 PM

For the past four months, the Planning Board has been trying to hire a new town planner after former Town Planner Vera Kolias resigned last April. The board met with Selectmen last week to talk about the position, in a conversation that was at times heated.

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No decsion on Gulbankian businesses

July 29, 2010 11:56:24 AM
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Residents came with a lot to say about the Gulbankian family businesses at last night’s Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, but many of them didn’t get the chance to say anything. ZBA Chairman Sam Stivers told the standing-room-only crowd that they would not discuss the merits of the case at the meeting. Instead they focused on procedure.

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Gulbankians to go before zoning board Wednesday night

July 27, 2010 02:46:27 PM
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At their meeting on Wednesday night, the Zoning Board of Appeals will try to sort out what businesses can legally operate on the Gulbankian Farms property at the corner of Mt. Vickery and Cordaville Roads.

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Proposed strip club on Framingham-Southborough border a no-go … for now

July 27, 2010 09:56:22 AM

Several of you emailed me about this last week. An entrepreneur from Groton had hoped to open a “classy” strip club at the former Tin Alley Grill on Route 9 in Framingham just east of the Southborough border. It would be what one reader called “a decidedly unsavory entry to town.”

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A return to bus parking at Gulbankian Farms?

June 29, 2010 11:47:25 AM

The Metrowest Daily News has published a couple of stories recently on a dispute between Gulbankian Farms and its neighbors. The Gulbankian family wants to park up to 14 school buses on their property at the corner of Mt. Vickery Road and Route 85 starting July 1. Some neighbors oppose the move because of concerns about noise, traffic, and emissions.

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Biz journal considers the future of Route 9

June 25, 2010 07:24:13 AM
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The Worcester Business Journal recently did an interesting piece on Route 9 and what the future might look like for “Metrowest’s main drag.” Here’s a snippet:
And many say there’s room for even more expansion, much as it might seem like some sections of the corridor have bulged the boundaries of development.
For instance, the Metropolitan Area

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Planning Board asks owner to clean up vacant lot

June 8, 2010 09:44:24 AM
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It’s overgrown with weeds. The fence is falling in. And now the Planning Board has asked the owner of the vacant lot at the corner of Main Street and Newton Street to clean it up.

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Residents have their say on village zoning

March 4, 2010 11:13:37 AM
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Proposed changes to village zoning have elicited a strong response from village residents, and last night an impressive number turned out to share their opinions at a public hearing. The exchange was (mostly) civil, and in the end it seemed to have an impact.

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