Category: Local News
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Planning Department Launches Corridor-Wide Study of Mill Street
Bellwater’s planning department has launched a corridor-wide study of Mill Street, aiming to set consistent zoning and affordable-housing rules after lawsuits exposed gaps in project-by-project agreements.
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Lawsuit Claims Foundry District Lofts Developer Broke City’s Affordable-Housing Deal
Lowertown tenants and a housing nonprofit are suing the developer behind the Foundry District Lofts, claiming it built far fewer income-restricted units than the city’s redevelopment agreement required.
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Every Bellwater Patrol Officer Now Wears a Camera. The Fights Over the Footage Are Just Starting
Every Bellwater patrol officer now wears a body camera after the department completed its two-year citywide rollout, but advocates and the police union are still contesting how the footage gets used.
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Civilian Review Board Finds Cedar Hollow Shooting Justified, Officer Cleared
A civilian review board has cleared a Bellwater police officer in a Cedar Hollow shooting, a finding the wounded man’s family says was reached without real scrutiny.
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Hearing Set on Tenants’ Bid to Halt Leasing at Foundry District Lofts
A Wentworth County judge will hear arguments this week on whether to block new market-rate leasing at the Foundry District Lofts amid an affordable-housing lawsuit.
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Sheriff’s Report: Staffing Shortfalls Delayed Response to Dying Inmate
An internal investigation has concluded that understaffing at the Wentworth County Jail delayed medical care for an inmate who died in custody last month.
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Cedar Hollow’s Long-Vacant Lots Targeted for Affordable Single-Family Homes
City officials want to redevelop nine long-vacant Cedar Hollow lots into affordable single-family and duplex homes, though nonprofit developers say financing scattered infill projects remains a challenge.
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Six-Story Riverside Heights Proposal Splits Neighborhood Over Height, Affordability
A developer’s bid to rezone vacant Riverside Heights riverfront land for six-story mixed-use housing split the neighborhood; the planning commission sent the plan back for revisions.
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Sixty-Three Converters in Three Months: Thieves Work Foundry Row’s Parking Lots
Catalytic converter thefts in Foundry Row have tripled in three months, hitting small businesses and biotech commuters alike, as police push prevention and a council member drafts a scrap-dealer ordinance.
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Jail Crowding Reaches a Breaking Point as Pretrial Population Swells
The Wentworth County Jail is holding 612 people in a facility built for 480, its highest population in five years, as advocates press the county board for faster action on pretrial detention and treatment capacity.