Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Hopkinton voters were asked Monday what price they were willing to pay to protect the town in the event a casino gets approved for Milford.
As Foxwoods Massachusetts plans to establish a storefront in Milford, voters in surrounding towns are putting their money where there mouth is to prepare for mitigation. At the first night of Hopkinton's annual town meeting, voters were asked to approve $100,00 "to cover the legal and consulting expenses incurred in opposing the siting of a casino in Milford." While explaining the need for this money, which according to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission should be provided by the casino developers, Selectman Benjamin Palleiko said the developers have no obligation to provide the money in a timely manner. "This is not a lot of money for us to spend compared to the possible millions of dollars we could get in mitigation from the developers…
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Milford Selectmen on Monday listened to an update on newly retained consultants who will work on the town's behalf in analyzing the impacts of a proposed casino. The work must take place in a matter of months.
Operating under a timeline squeezed by the state Gaming Commission, Milford Selectmen were told Monday that a host agreement with a proposed casino developer would have to be completed by the end of August to meet the new deadlines. But the town's attorney handling the casino review said it could be done. "The timeline is tight, but I do think it's doable," said Kimberly Copp, a partner with the law firm Shefsky & Froelich. In an update for the board, she said the law firm had hired several consultants to work on the town's behalf. They include: Foxwoods Massachusetts, which hopes to build a $1 billion resort casino in Milford, will pay for the town consultants to review the impact of its proposed development. "They gave us no pushback," …
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Friday, May 3, 2013
Towns bordering Milford were among those who submitted comments by Friday to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on its proposed process for reviewing resort casino applications.
Hopkinton and Medway have expressed strong concern that the state is not adequately protecting communities near proposed resort casino sites. The comments, made to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, as part of a public hearing on its proposed process for evaluating resort casino applications, were released Friday. In addition, state Sen. Karen Spilka, state Rep. Carolyn Dykema and Rep. Jeffrey Roy — whose districts include Holliston, Hopkinton, Ashland, Franklin and Medway — have sent a letter that expresses concern about the communities' access to expertise to evaulate the proposal for Milford, and a commission timeline that could compress the review. Foxwoods Massachusetts, which is seeking a license for a resort casino near I-495 in …
Friday, March 29, 2013
Draft regulations for how the Massachusetts Gaming Commission will gather and evaluate final applications for resort casinos were approved Thursday. Public comment will be collected for the next month before the commission adopts final regulations.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission approved a first draft of regulations Thursday that will guide how it evaluates resort casino proposals, setting up a process that will require developers to demonstrate community, regulatory and financial support for their projects. Milford is among three communities that has been identified by developers seeking the single license available for a resort casino in the greater Boston region. The development proposed for Milford is called "Crossroads Massachusetts" and is being advanced by Colorado-based developer David Nunes, working with partners Warner Gaming and Foxwoods Resort Casino. The proposed location is undeveloped land east of Interstate 495 and north of Route 16, near the Holliston line. The …
Friday, March 1, 2013
If Milford moves ahead on a casino, Holliston, Hopkinton and other potential surrounding communities will have to reach agreement with the developer or face binding arbitration.
Communities that surround Milford could have several months and an opportunity to get outside financing to consider the impacts of a casino development, on issues including traffic and public safety. But if Milford voters agree to move ahead on a proposed casino, the surrounding towns would have to reach an agreement on mitigating impacts with that developer, or face binding arbitration, under a proposal being considered by the state's gaming authorities. The proposed framework for so-called "surrounding community" agreements, and procedures, was discussed at length Thursday by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and its staff. Milford is a potential host community for a resort casino, under an application submitted to the state by …
Friday, January 18, 2013
Many Milford officials and residents were surprised by the last-minute application for a resort casino license by developer David Nunes. As the state Gaming Commission starts its review of applicants, local reaction seems divided.
Do people in Milford want a resort casino on the edge of town? If the proposal by David Nunes and Warner Gaming advances past an initial state review, town residents may eventually decide that question. The application by Nunes and his development partner for a resort casino license is now before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. By next week, commissioners said Thursday, the application could be ready to turn over to a team that will look into the developers' financial and regulatory history. Several casino applications in Massachusetts arrived before the Tuesday deadline and background investigations have already begun. By next week, the remaining applications could be ready for this phase, which is expected to take as much as six …
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
A casino proposal was submitted by David Nunes and Warner Gaming to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission by the deadline Tuesday.
BOSTON — A resort casino application was submitted to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission Tuesday by developer David Nunes, working with Warner Gaming. The application, for Crossroads Massachusetts, had not been reviewed by state staff as to a specific location, but Nunes has spoken for several years of placing a multi-million resort casino at a site in Milford, off Interstate 495. The application was among 11 submitted by the 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday, and is among three for the greater Boston region. The state commission ultimately will authorize a casino license for up to one proposal in three regions: one for Western Massachusetts, one for greater Boston and a third for the southeastern area of the state. Applications for casino licenses…
Chris
4:53 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
K. -- I'm not in favor of a casino in Milford, but your description of what the Selectmen have done or are doing is incorrect. All three were angry and disappointed in the presentation that Foxwoods made on April 8th, but Bill Buckley is the only one of the three who has made his opposition to the project clear. Brian and Dino have been pretty consistent about wanting more information and were … more ›