But the strategy still includes plans for some libraries to be run by volunteers. SOLE is now calling for Essex County Council to recommit support for these facilities and has asked all candidates for next week’s election to set out their position on libraries ahead of the Zoom debate. Conservative candidate Carlo Guglielmi, defending his Tendring Rural West seat, said: “Just to clarify there are no plans to close any libraries. Following the consultation in 2019, the council gave great and due regard to the huge number of comments received and decided not to pursue any of the proposals which had been put forward for public comments.”
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CHELMSFORD The town may face a proposed, multi-family development for the former West Campus property, according to Town Manager Paul Cohen.
Cohen said he expects property developer Trammell Crow Residential will present details at a joint Select Board and Planning Board meeting, set for April 29.
The developer sent informational flyers to neighbors, noting developments in Billerica and in Wrentham. They have done similar developments in the region . so we would expect it to be similar to that, said Cohen, who said no formal plan has been submitted to the town.
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The property, once part of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, consists of about 34 acres is located at 255 Princeton St. in North Chelmsford, near the Chelmsford and Lowell line.