Wednesday on Cape Ann: cable committee hears survey results ahead of Comcast talks, Gloucester waste station and Sargent Street plans listed for Nov. 4
The regional Cable Advisory Committee meets at 1623 Studios on the community survey for renewing the Comcast licenses. Gloucester's Conservation Commission agenda lists the Kondelin Road waste station and Sargent Street plans to be continued to Nov. 4, and a 26 unit Magnolia Avenue subdivision is continued to Nov. 18. Essex holds its Fall Town Meeting zoning hearing.
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Several Cape Ann boards meet Wednesday, Oct. 21. Here is what their posted agendas say.
Cape Ann Regional Cable Advisory Committee, 6 p.m.
The committee, which serves Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea, meets at 1623 Studios, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester. 1623 Studios presents the results of a community survey done as part of the process for possibly renewing the Cape Ann cable license agreements with Comcast. The committee will pick a chair, discuss the survey and next steps, and take public input on the survey or other cable TV topics. Programming and rates are not open for comment.
Rockport's Select Board voted Oct. 6 to share a lawyer with Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea for the Comcast talks. Read what it decided.
Gloucester Conservation Commission, 5:30 p.m.
The commission meets in the upstairs conference room at the Rose Baker Center for Aging Well, 6 Manuel F. Lewis St., and on Zoom (webinar ID 841 9694 4744). The revised agenda lists:
- Kondelin Road waste station: Eastern Waste Services' stormwater upgrade, repaving and fence plan at 24 Kondelin Road, with a request to continue to Nov. 4. Earlier: the Board of Health subcommittee's review of the station.
- Sargent Street: the roadway, stormwater and utilities plan for 10 Gale Road and 40 Sargent St., previously continued to Nov. 4. Earlier: the outside review of the road.
- Magnolia Avenue: a 26 unit subdivision proposed by How-Mag LLC, previously continued to Nov. 18.
The agenda also has new and continued wetland filings for homes on Wingaersheek Road, Concord Street, Essex Avenue and other streets, two land boundary reviews, certificates of compliance and five enforcement cases. There is public comment near the start.
Gloucester City Council Planning and Development Committee, 6 p.m.
The committee meets in the Harbormaster's Conference Room, 19 Harbor Loop, and on Zoom (meeting ID 828 6973 2599). A proposal to double the minimum lot size per home in the RC-40 coastal residential district, from 20,000 to 40,000 square feet, is listed as to be withdrawn. The committee also reviews street closures for the Middle Street Walk on Saturday, Dec. 12.
Rockport School Committee, 7 p.m.
The committee meets in the Brenner Room at the Rockport Public Library, 17 School St., the town calendar says. No agenda had been posted early Tuesday.
Essex Planning Board hearing, 7 p.m.
The Planning Board holds a public hearing on proposed articles for the Nov. 16 Fall Town Meeting in the Town Hall Auditorium, 30 Martin St., and the selectmen plan to attend.
Earlier coverage: Tuesday on Cape Ann (Oct. 19), Tuesday's agendas and the Essex hearing.
Sources
- RecordCity of Gloucester: Cape Ann Regional Cable Advisory Committee agenda, Oct. 21, 2026
- RecordCity of Gloucester: Conservation Commission meeting notice and agenda (revised), Oct. 21, 2026
- RecordCity of Gloucester: City Council Planning and Development Committee agenda, Oct. 21, 2026 (stamped by the City Clerk Oct. 15)
- RecordTown of Rockport: calendar listing, Rockport School Committee, Oct. 21, 2026
- RecordTown of Essex: Board of Selectmen agenda, Oct. 21, 2026 (attend the Planning Board public hearing)
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