Editorial: January 17, 2025: Keep Focus on Community [Video]

WE’LL SEE YOU AT NEWSCENTER 5 AT FOUR. THIS IS A WCVB CHANNEL 5 EDITORIAL SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD. WCVB PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER KYLE GRIMES. MASSACHUSETTS CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE A HOUSING CRISIS, WITH DEMAND FAR OUTSTRIPPING SUPPLY. UNFORTUNATELY, VOTERS IN SOME LOCAL COMMUNITIES SEEM UNWILLING TO DO THEIR PART TO HELP ADDRESS IT. VOTERS IN NEEDHAM THIS WEEK THREW OUT A REZONING PLAN THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED MORE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING IN THE MAIN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. THE AMBITIOUS REZONING PLAN HAD BEEN OFFERED BY THE TOWN AS A WAY TO SATISFY THE MBTA COMMUNITY’S LAW, AND IT PASSED THE TOWN MEETING VOTE IN THE FALL. NEEDHAM VOTERS AREN’T THE ONLY ONES DRAGGING THEIR HEELS. THE TOWN OF MILTON TOOK THE ISSUE ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE’S HIGHEST COURT THIS WEEK. THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT UPHELD THE STATE’S POWER TO ENFORCE THE LAW, WHOSE GOAL IS TO …