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ZBA to review new Thorndike Place scheme May 13
May 2021 – News Briefs 2
Oaktree Development has submitted a completely new set of concept plans for the ... Read More
ZBA Mugar Hearing on April 20
April 2021 – Mugar Update #2
The next ZBA hearing is scheduled on Tuesday, April 20, starting ... Read More
ZBA Mugar Hearing Resumes April 8
April 2021 – Mugar Update
On Thursday, April 8, starting at 6:30 pm, the Zoning Board of ... Read More
ZBA Hearing on March 30; Recent Town Correspondence
March 2021 – Mugar Update #3
On Tuesday, March 30, starting at 6:30 pm, the Zoning Board ... Read More
ZBA Draft Decision for March 11 Hearing
March 2021 – Mugar Update #2
The Zoning Board of Appeals has issued a Draft Decision on ... Read More
Select Board Comments on Mugar Project; Next ZBA Hearing March 11
At the Select Board meeting on March 1, Selectman Steve DeCourcey made a slide presentation on the Mugar/Thorndike Place ... Read More
Mugar/Thorndike Place Hearings and Reports
The Zoning Board of Appeals is continuing its hearings on the Thorndike Place Comprehensive Permit for a large housing ... Read More
Mugar/Thorndike Place Hearings Continue
The Zoning Board of Appeals is continuing its hearings on the Thorndike Place Comprehensive Permit for a large housing ... Read More
More Mugar Hearings
ZBA Hearings on Mugar/Thorndike Place Continue
On Tuesday, December 22, the ZBA will continue its environmental review ... Read More
Mugar Wetlands Review Begins on December 3
The environmental review of wetlands, stormwater and related issues on the Mugar property will now commence with a Conservation ... Read More
Register for ZBA Zoom Meeting on November 24
You can now register in advance for the Zoning Board of Appeals hearing on the Mugar property to be ... Read More
ZBA Mugar Hearings Resume on November 24
| The Zoning Board of Appeals hearing on Tuesday, November 24 at 7:30 pm, will focus on critical wetland impacts ... Read More |
ZBA to Review New Mugar Site Plan October 13
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) meeting on Tuesday, October 13, was supposed to focus on critical wetland impacts ... Read More
ZBA Begins Hearings on Thorndike Place
The Town of Arlington Zoning Board of Appeals met on Tuesday, August 25, following several summer postponements, and reconvened the ... Read More
The Mugar Wetlands and Alewife Flooding Video
Arlington filmmaker Glenn Koenig prepared this 5-minute video in 2015 as part of a presentation to Town Meeting. He ... Read More
Mugar Hearing Postponed Again
Mugar Hearing Postponed Again to August 11
The Zoning Board of Appeals hearing on the comprehensive permit ... Read More
Mugar Updates
Tuesday, July 14 at 7:00 pm is the new date for the Zoning Board of Appeals hearing on the ... Read More
Mugar Hearing Postponed
Note: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the previously announced Zoning Board of Appeals hearing on April 14 to consider ... Read More
March 2020 Article about Mugar Site
The Belmont Citizens Forum newsletter of March/April 2020 contained a three page report on Mugar Site ... Read More
February 2020 Article by Mugar Site Developer
Mugar site developer urges plan that works for all
Gwendolen G. Noyes
Wednesday, 26 February ... Read More
January 2020 Update on Mugar Development Hearings
At its December 10, 2019 meeting, the Zoning Board of Appeals heard from representatives of Arlington ... Read More
December 2019: Mugar Development Hearing Begins
Zoning Board of Appeals
Tuesday December 10th at 7:45pm
Lyons Hearing Room, Town Hall Second Floor
Oaktree Development will appear ... Read More
October 2019 Update on the Mugar Parcel
December 2018 Mugar Update
December 2018 Update
Hearing held and decision awaited on 40B dispute
Does affordable housing occupy ... Read More
December 2017 Mugar Update
What’s Happening with Mugar?
December 3, 2017 Update
In 2015, Oaktree Development proposed a 219-unit ... Read More
Arlington ZBA appeals adverse ruling by state
December 15, 2016: The proposed development of the Mugar Parcel is headed to the state Housing Appeals Committee for ... Read More
Mugar 40B Application Submitted
August 31, 2016: Oaktree Development has submitted its application to the Arlington Zoning Board of Appeals to build a ... Read More
Zoning Board asserts ‘safe harbor’ protection from hostile 40B proposal
September 30, 2016: The formal hearing process on the Oaktree Development proposal to develop the Mugar site began at ... Read More