Stories Related to Residents Protest Proposed Forest Ridge 40b Project

Scores of residents from Winchester and Stoneham came out to the McCall Middle School on Wednesday, July 27 to protest a 296-unit affordable housing complex proposed for a 13.34-acre parcel on Forest Ridge near the Winchester-Stoneham line.As a Chapter 40B project, at least 25 percent of Forest Circle’s units would be priced for households earning 80 percent or less of area median income.Under Chapter 40B of state law, developers can bypass local planning and zoning [...]

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