A train derailed near South Station in Boston on Saturday, causing delays for both the MBTA Commuter Rail and Amtrak. No one ...

Voters in Needham Tuesday repealed state-mandated zoning that would have paved the way for more housing, sending town leaders back to square one to comply with the MBTA Communities Act.

Needham became the latest Massachusetts suburb to shoot down a controversial state-mandated MBTA zoning plan, but its Select Board chairman says the town won’t follow in Milton’s footsteps.

GOOD MORNING. TOWN LEADERS PUT FORWARD AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO TRY TO MEET THE STATE’S MBTA COMMUNITIES ACT. BUT RESIDENTS HERE IN NEEDHAM SAY THAT THE TOWN NEEDS TO PULL BACK ON THAT PLAN A BIT.

In a previous Special Town Meeting in October, the Town of Needham had adopted new zoning by-laws to comply with the MBTA Communities Act, which requires 177 communities near T and Commuter Rail ...

To vote “no” would be to reject that plan, and risk pushing Needham out of compliance with the MBTA Communities law, which requires cities and towns served by the T to make it easier to build ...

Commuter Rail and Amtrak trains leaving and arriving at Boston's South Station experienced delays Saturday afternoon, ...

Opponents of Needham’s plan to allow more multifamily housing under the MBTA Communities law have defeated the measure in a town-wide referendum. While the results are not yet official ...

At least for now, the vote leaves the town without an MBTA Communities plan, though Governor Maura Healey’s administration on Tuesday gave Needham and several other communities that had been ...

By Lenny Strauss Hometown Weekly Reporter On Tuesday, January 14th, Needham residents voted in a special election to decide whether to enact a zoning plan that if implemented, would see the town as ...