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.

Voters in Needham Tuesday repealed state-mandated zoning that would have paved the way for more housing, sending town leaders back to square one to comply with the MBTA Communities Act.

In the House, the largest generation is now Generation X (born between 1965 and 1980), with 180 members, or 41%. Sixty-six representatives, or 15%, are Millennials (1981-96); and 17, or 4%, belong to ...

BUT RESIDENTS HERE IN NEEDHAM SAY THAT THE TOWN NEEDS TO PULL BACK ON THAT PLAN A BIT. AT ISSUE HERE, HOW MANY NEW HOUSING UNITS WOULD NEED TO BE BUILT UNDER THE STATE LAW? NEEDHAM WOULD BE ...

After months of campaigning, a heated debate over a state-mandated plan that would have made it easier to build multifamily housing in parts of Needham came to a head Tuesday when voters soundly ...

Needham voters have soundly rejected new zoning meant to allow more housing development, just a week after the Supreme Judicial Court upheld a law requiring them to do so. The zoning would have ...

In a closely watched special election Tuesday night, Needham voted to repeal new zoning that would have made the town compliant with a controversial Massachusetts law that aims to create more ...

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 ...

NEEDHAM, Mass. — During a special election on Tuesday, the Town of Needham voted “No” to a ballot question that allows zoning for 3,350 multifamily units. Preliminary results posted to the town ...