SALEM — A new development along the North River Canal seems responsive to the threat of when, not if, it’ll be overrun by a king tide. But a meeting that
Salem, Mass., to See Citywide Fiber-Optic Network Buildout
Construction of a new citywide fiber-optic network is set to begin in the coming months through a no-cost contract between the city and New Jersey-based SiFi Networks. The work is expected to cost the company $35 million.
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Shutterstock/Wangkun Jia (TNS) Construction on a citywide fiber optic Internet network is just months away, starting in neighborhoods along Highland Avenue, which will be among the first to get access to competition for Comcast s Xfinity Internet.
City leaders signed a contract this week with SiFi Networks a New Jersey-based company to create the infrastructure for a fiber optic network. SiFi will now build a network for homes, businesses and city government to get access to more Internet service options. The $35 million cost to build the network will come out of SiFi s pocket, at no cost to the city.
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Salem City Council President Christine Madore: This is the first affordable housing policy ever adopted in Salem, with rents capped at 70 percent of (full-market rate). One more passage makes it final, but this is huge for the city. (Shutterstock)
SALEM, MA After three years of debate, and two previous votes where majority City Council approval was not enough to pass the Accessory Dwelling Unit ordinance under state laws, Salem appears on its way to allowing so-called in-law apartments after a 7-4 vote of the council Thursday night.
The ordinance, which would allow property owners to rent out smaller areas of their homes at below full-market rate, twice passed the City Council with a 6-5 vote in recent years but fell short of the two-thirds supermajority required under previous state law. Gov. Charlie Baker in March signed the state s new economic development package that now allows cities and towns to make zoning changes based o