Eight home septic systems investigated as possible sources of contamination of a Glen Cove beach are not discharging waste directly into a stream that feeds into Long Island Sound, the state has ...

New regulations define priority areas for mandatory 5-year inspections and corrective action for failing systems. Within priority areas subject to what’s known as the Advanced Protection Management ...

The tension between state needs and local control was at the heart of the debate over the MBTA Communities Act of 2021, which imposed requirements on local zoning. It arose again last year with ...