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Hull ferry commuters get new MBTA shuttle service from Nantasket Beach

The Patriot Ledger 10 Feb 2026
Person ice skating on Quincy Bay caught on video ... The MBTA will start running shuttle buses between the Nantasket Beach parking lot and Pemberton Pier for Hull Ferry, the town of Hull announced on social media on the evening of Monday, Feb. 9 ... 10 ...
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AG sues Tewksbury, Wilmington over MBTA Communities Law compliance

Image Daily Times Chronicle 07 Feb 2026
TEWKSBURY/WILMING­­­TON — Massachusetts At­torney General ...
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Communities along South Coast Rail explore 'quiet zone' solutions

Taunton Daily Gazette 07 Feb 2026
In fall 2025, the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) submitted analyses and proposals to communities along the new Fall River/New Bedford commuter rail line outlining what would be required to establish quiet zones ... Upcoming meeting with MBTA.
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Legislative audit dispute spills over into court system

Boston Herald 06 Feb 2026
“MBTA Communities Law, we’ve been enforcing it since the beginning,” Campbell said.
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Holden eyes 'bare minimum' in compliance with MBTA housing requirement

The Gardner News 04 Feb 2026
... housing will be presented to Holden Town Meeting voters this month as the town, recently sued by the state’s top prosecutor, seeks to satisfy the “bare minimum” required by the MBTA Communities Act.
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In a shot at Mayor Wu, Senator Collins asks state to help Boston dig out ...

Boston Herald 04 Feb 2026
“With temperatures expected to rise in the coming days, I am writing to request the assistance of MassDOT, the MBTA, and the Massachusetts Port Authority’s crews and contractors to help the city clear ...
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Police/Fire: Disabled MBTA train blocks traffic during Tuesday commute

Image Gloucester Daily Times 03 Feb 2026
Delay was the word of the morning on Tuesday in Gloucester, both on the MBTA commuter rail and for motor vehicle traffic on Washington Street ... .
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Battenfeld: AG Andrea Campbell’s heavy-handed tactics costing taxpayers

Boston Herald 03 Feb 2026
Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s heavy-handed tactics are forcing beleaguered towns and cities in Massachusetts to waste money fighting the MBTA Communities Act in court instead of spending it on police, fire departments, parks and schools.
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Editorial: MBTA holdouts can judiciously create multifamily zoning

Boston Herald 02 Feb 2026
Time’s run out for nine of the 12 communities that haven’t signed on to the MBTA Communities Act ... More than 90% of the affected communities, 165 out of 177, have created a multi-family zoning district per that MBTA law.
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AG’s lawsuit over noncompliance with MBTA Communities Law draws pushback

Boston Herald 02 Feb 2026
Some local lawmakers are pushing back after the Massachusetts Attorney General sued nine towns to ensure compliance with a 2021 law aimed at creating more housing near MBTA public transportation throughout the state.
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Car stuck on tracks in Abington hit by commuter train, no injuries

The Enterprise - Brockton 02 Feb 2026
On Sunday night the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Transit Police Department responded to a vehicle collision involving a train ... An #MBTA train struck the unoccupied (vehicle).
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Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina Launched MBTA Ferry Terminal Barges

The Maritime Executive 31 Jan 2026
In their first operation of the new year, Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina (BHSM) completed a multi-barge roll-on operation using the 500-ton floating ....
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Researchers: MBTA housing law benefits 'modest' so far

Image Gloucester Daily Times 31 Jan 2026
BOSTON — Five years after its passage, the MBTA Communities Act is beginning to produce “real but modest benefits,” according to a new analysis that puts the law’s impacts into the context of the region’s deep housing shortage ... .
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Court upholds Rockport MBTA zoning

Image Gloucester Daily Times 30 Jan 2026
ROCKPORT — The U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a U.S. District Court’s decision to dismiss a number of state statutory and federal constitutional challenges to the creation of a new zoning district in Rockport’s downtown made by 11 Rockport ... .
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Court upholds dismissal of challenges to Rockport MBTA zoning

Image The Salem News 30 Jan 2026
ROCKPORT — The U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a U.S. District Court’s decision to dismiss a number of state statutory and federal constitutional challenges to the creation of a new zoning district in Rockport’s downtown made by 11 Rockport ... .

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