Author: Jane Remsen

Early in my career, I worked under a US National Park Service grant administered by the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office. My job was to help identify, chronicle, and protect some of the state’s most treasured historic resources.

Housing4All Gloucester, alongside other leading community service agencies, emphatically endorses the YES for Gloucester campaign, recognizing the urgent need to address the city’s housing and economic challenges through the proposed Multi-Family Overlay District zoning plan and compliance with the state’s MBTA Communities Act/Section 3A zoning law.

The 3A overlay zoning law is an exciting opportunity for homeowners to create three-family homes, expanding from the current limit of two. With a height limit of just under 35 feet, this plan is designed to comply with the law, not to mandate construction. It’s a proactive step for Gloucester to stay compliant and benefit…

My first memory of home was 30 miles south of here in the Chelsea housing projects. Driving down the line to Boston, these are the big brick buildings lining either side of the curve of Route 1 as you head on to the Tobin Bridge entryway.

A big thank you to Paul Lundberg for his insightful commentary, “Zoning good for Gloucester” in the Feb. 7 edition of the Times. Mr. Lundberg highlights some excellent points, particularly noting that the area by the Railroad Avenue Shaws is excluded from the Multi-Family Overlay District, as are Burham Field and Emerald Forest. I’ve heard…

In her successful lawsuit against the Town of Milton over the constitutionality of the MBTA Communities Zoning Act (aka 3A), and the authority of the attorney general to carry out its provisions, AG Andrea Campbell submitted to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court a tough, stark, and eye-opening remedy to carry out its provisions against scofflaw…

One would have to be heartless not to be moved by Alyssa Craigen’s story.

On April 24, the voters of Gloucester will have the opportunity to endorse the Multi-family Overlay District zoning ordinance (MFOD) passed unanimously by the City Council last fall.

She has been forced to move 12 times in the last 14 years. But Alyssa Craigen of Essex is undaunted in her search for housing. She is motivated by the responsibilities of being a single parent to her three children, ages 16, 20 and 21.

To the editor: On April 24 we will vote to accept the Section 3A zoning ordinance our elected officials crafted. We urge you to join us and vote YES to accept it. Here’s why we’re voting YES.