Waltham Conservation Commission approves Beaver Brook Reservation invasive species zone expansion. The five-member panel unanimously backed a request by the Department of Conservation and Resources to expand Management Zone 5 within DEP file number 316-0777, clearing the way for volunteers from the
WALTHAM -- May 20, 2026, Waltham School Committee unanimously approves $100,000 special education cost request and hears sweeping program updates. The board voted 7-0 Tuesday to seek City Council authorization for an additional
Waltham's Zoning Board of Appeals approved a residential variance and a food pantry appeal on May 19, voting unanimously on both decisions.
Waltham approved an $8,640,291 loan to acquire the 600 Main Street building. The Long Term Debt Committee approved the authorization to consolidate city departments currently based at 119 School Street.
Waltham deferred decision on street-opening petition pending legal review. Property owner Joe Dragone presented a petition to open a street at 108 Greer Street for water and sewer hookups necessary for a 3,500-square-foot house with a proposed 37-foot patch curb to curb. Following motions by
Ordinances & Rules Committee approved RCI Overlay District zoning amendments in extended working session. President Logan and Solicitor Laughman guided the five-member committee through line edits establishing three overlay districts with caps of 1,500 units for RCI-1 and RCI-2 and 500 for RCI-3,
Licenses & Franchises Committee clears memorial benches and business permits. The Waltham board unanimously approved installation of memorial benches at Waltham High School's lower field honoring Josephine Finnegan, the school project architect's mother, and at Lowell Field in memory of Malcolm
Waltham Board of Health imposes $1,000 tobacco fines on two retailers. On May 17, the board voted unanimously to fine Safe House Vapors and Blue Moon Smoke Shop each $1,000 for selling tobacco without verifying customer age. The board initially voted to suspend Safe House Vapors' permit for three
Waltham Zoning Board voted unanimously to allow a housing conversion case to withdraw and proceed to City Council approval instead.
The Community Preservation Committee approved $3.9 million in recommendations to City Council. The committee voted to recommend six applications including $1.75 million for two affordable housing acquisitions on Mount Walley Road, $1 million for Middlesex Human Service Agency's family residential