Saturday, March 23, 2013
IKEA announced plans to expand the self-serve furniture area/warehouse of its Stoughton location by almost 60,000 square feet. The Stoughton Planning Board still needs to sign off on the application for site plan approval.
After IKEA announced on Wednesday that it planned to expand the Self-Serve Furniture Area and warehouse of its Stoughton store, company representatives appeared at a joint meeting of the Stoughton Zoning Board of Appeals and Stoughton Planning Board Thursday evening seeking approval for the approximate 60,000 square foot expansion. The ZBA approved relief for three zoning variances, allowing the project to move forward, so long as the ZBA signs off on the written decisions which will be drafted by attorney Leonard Simons, who is representing IKEA. The Planning Board voted to continue the hearing on the application for site plan approval to its next meeting on April 11, wanting more time to review updated plans which had come in the day …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.
LAMBERT AVENUE PROPERTY UPDATE: Stoughton Attorney Steve Delamere tells About Town that David Krivelow and Scott Rawl, of Resource Project Group, have withdrawn their efforts to convert the vacant eyesore at 75 Lambert Avenue into an office and storage facility for their wrecking and demolition company. "My clients have decided to withdraw their application for the special permit for the 75 Lambert Avenue property. They saw such opposition that they didn't want to go forward when it seemed the people in that area were not interested in having a business in there. They were open to their suggestions, and didn't want to make matters worse for the neighbors," Delamere told me. This was a nice move by Krivelow, a Stoughton resident, and Rawl. …
Friday, September 21, 2012
Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.
NEIGHBORS: NO GARAGE FOR YOU! - David Krivelow, a 12-year Stoughton resident, and his business partner, Scott Rawl of Resource Project Group, a wrecking and demolition company, were looking for a location for their 20-foot dump truck and their demolition tools, and saw the vacant eyesore at 75 Lambert Ave in Stoughton. He tells About Town, "When we saw it, we thought we'd be doing the neighbors a favor. Our intentions were all good. We figured we'd take a condemned eyesore and make it something that looked good." But, Krivelow got a taste of what the neighbors along Lambert Ave., Rockland St. and McGarvey Rd had to say on Thursday night at a Stoughton Zoning Board of Appeals meeting. Close to 100 people were inside the Yaitanes Room and …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.
CITIZEN SEARCH COMMITTEE FORMED: Stoughton's search for a new town manager got a jump start when the Board of Selectmen chose five residents to work with a consultant firm to pick candidates for the position of Town Manager. Ten residents applied to be on the Committee, and five were chosen at the Board of Selectmen's meeting on April 24. Selectmen chose Peter Banis, a member of the Stoughton Youth Commission and Town Meeting, and a former School Committee member; Forrest Lindwall, the most recent appointee to the Stoughton Redevelopment Authority; Molly Cochran, a litigation lawyer with Seegel Lipshutz & Wilchins LLP in Wellesley, and neighbor of mine; Judith E. (Clifford) Barrette; and Eric Milgroom, who spent 14 years on the School …
DJ
7:51 pm on Friday, September 21, 2012
Mrs Donahue has tried for years to sell the property to the town for an overvalued price and because the town showed interest, the property was rarely properly marketed. Interested parties were ignored and it only got listed in MLS when it was being considered for or in a warrant article. This is probably another ploy to get the town to step in at a ballooned rate. more ›