THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, MARCH 6, 2026 Page 17 BEACON | FROM PAGE 16 provisions contained in this bill, it still falls far short of its stated goal to make energy costs more affordable and represents a missed opportunity to deliver real financial relief to the commonwealth’s residential and commercial ratepayers,” said House GOP Minority Leader Rep. Brad Jones (R-North Reading) who voted against the proposal. “The House Republican Caucus offered nearly three dozen amendments that would have provided meaningful short and long-term assistance to those individuals and businesses who are struggling to pay their utility bills. Unfortunately, most of those amendments were rejected, so I could not support the underlying bill in its current form.” Legal Notice COMMERCIAL PROPERTY 447 Second Street Everett, MA RELEASE TRACKING NUMBER 3-34900 A release of oil and/or hazardous materials has occurred at this location, which is a disposal site as defined by M.G.L. c. 21E, § 2 and the Massachusetts Contingency Plan, 310 CMR 40.0000. On February 24, 2026, the 447 2nd Street LLC recorded with the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds a NOTICE OF ACTIVITY AND USE LIMITATION on the disposal site, pursuant to 310 CMR 40.1070 through 40.1080. The NOTICE OF ACTIVITY AND USE LIMITATION will limit the following site activities and uses on the above property: Activities and Uses Inconsistent with Maintaining No Significant Risk. The following Activities and Uses are inconsistent with maintaining a Permanent Solution and a condition of No Significant Risk pursuant to 310 CMR 40.0000, and, as such, may not occur on the Property: (i) Residential use including single or detached multifamily residences such as condexes and/or condominiums; (ii) Use as a school, daycare center, nursery, children’s recreation area or such uses were a child’s potential for direct contact with impacted soil is likely to be frequent; and (iii) Excavation/construction activities within the AUL area that may disturb the interior concrete floor of the building on Lot D of Tract I, the existing pavement on lots E and 3 of Tract I, the interior concrete floor of the portion of the building on Lot D that extends onto Tract II, and the remainder of the pavement on Tract II exterior to that building that are carried out in the absence of a written Soil Management Plan and Health and Safety Plan prepared and implemented in accordance with Paragraphs 3 (i) and 3(ii) of this Notice. Any person interested in obtaining additional information about the NOTICE OF ACTIVITY AND USE LIMITATION MAY CONTACT William A. Simmons, LSP, Simmons Environmental Services, Inc., 213 Elm St., Salisbury, MA 01952 (978-463-6669). The NOTICE OF ACTIVITY AND USE LIMITATION and the disposal site file can be viewed at MassDEP website using Release Tracking Number RTN 3-34900 at https://public. dep.state.ma.us/SearchableSites2/Searchaspx or at MassDEP, NORTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE, 150 Presidential Way, Woburn, MA 01801, Telephone No. 978-6943200. March 06, 2026 “Beacon Hill is now admitting that $1 billion in Mass Save spending was unnecessary and that ratepayers were funding bloated marketing and administrative costs,” said Paul Craney, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance. “Lawmakers approved this billion-dollar spending year after year, and families are only hearing about ‘inefficiencies’ after their electric bills reached record highs. That is not oversight. That is damage control.” Craney continued, “Expanding procurement authority, codifying subsidy programs like SMART and creating new energy storage incentives is just expanding on the same approach that helped create this affordability crisis in the first place. These programs guarantee above-market compensation backed by ratepayers. Without repealing the upcoming 2030 climate emissions reduction mandate, this bill will be doing nothing but smoothing out the sticker shock while locking in the structural drivers of high energy costs.” A “Yes” vote is for the bill. A “No” vote against it.) Rep. Joseph McGonagle Yes SUSPEND CHARGES (H 5151) House 25-130, rejected an amendment that would suspend the electric distribution companies from assessing and collecting from consumers “public benefit energy charges” on electric utility bills for twelve consecutive billing months. These charges currently fund programs such as energy efficiency, renewable and clean energy initiatives, distributed solar, electric vehicle programs and Legal Notice NOTICE OF ACTIVITY AND USE LIMITATION This notice is to inform you that a public hearing will be held on Monday March 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM, Everett City Hall, 3rd Floor George Keverian Hearing Room. All interested parties may attend and opinions will be heard regarding the following petition. Whereas a petition has been presented by: Property Address: Map/Parcel: Building Permit Property Owner: 60-62 Reed Ave. Everett, MA 02149 M0-02-000144 B-25-998 Ms. Luciana Hurley and Mr. Stephen A. Hurley 17A Franklin St. Everett, MA 02149 Proposal: Applicant seeks a permit to convert the existing building from a two (2) family into a three (3) family and construct a new third floor. Violations: 1. The property is nonconforming as to lot area under Section 4.B.2.b of the Zoning Ordinance which requires 7,000 square feet for the existing two-family use, where only 5,000 square feet is provided. The addition of a third dwelling unit will increase the area nonconformity, resulting in a floor area ratio 0.782, where 0.50 is allowed under Section 4.B.2.c. A special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals is therefore required under Sections 3.C and 3.F of the Zoning Ordinance. 2. No parking plan has been provided as required by Section 17.C of the Zoning Ordinance. It is therefore not possible for this office to evaluate compliance with the requirements of Section 17. Rebecca Edmondson Korom - Chairman Roberta Suppa - Clerk of Board of Appeals March 06, 13, 2026 residential assistance. The amendment also prohibits the Department of Public Utilities from deferring or later recovering the forgone revenue through future rate increases. Program administrators would be required to adjust expenditures accordingly during the suspension. “This bill has been described as an affordability measure, but it does not guarantee immediate relief for ratepayers,” said amendment sponsor Rep. Ken Sweezey (R-Hanson). “[My amendment] provides direct, measurable relief by removing public benefit charges from bills for a full year. At a time when families are struggling to keep up with basic household costs, this gives them breathing room instead of asking them to continue funding state programs through their utility bills.” Rep. Michael Kushmerek (D-Fitchburg) said he opposes the amendment because it would cut the residential assistance charge that funds low-income discount rates for electric customers across the state. He noted that this would impact hundreds of thousands of the most vulnerable ratepayers. (A “Yes” vote is for the amendBEACON | SEE PAGE 18 CITY OF EVERETT - LEGAL NOTICE - BOARD OF APPEALS 484 BROADWAY, ROOM 24 EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS 02149 To Whom It May Concern:
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