TownSignal

PLANNING + ZBA MONITORING FOR SOUTH SHORE LAND-USE PROFESSIONALS

Never miss a South Shore planning or zoning filing tied to your clients.

TownSignal monitors official Planning Board and ZBA records and emails you when a client name, address, bylaw section, or topic appears—with the exact quote, town PDF, and page.

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TownSignal alert 2 matches · address + topic

KINGSTON, MA · PLANNING BOARD ·

Five-lot subdivision, 31 Forest Street

The item

The Hynes Family Trust seeks approval for a five-lot open-space subdivision at 31 Forest Street.

7:00 PM Continued Public Hearing - Beth A. Hynes Family Trust for approval of a Special Permit and Subdivision Plan per the Town of Kingston Zoning Bylaw Section 5, Table of Uses, and Section 7.5 Residential Development Encouraging Open Space, and the Town of Kingston Subdivision Rules and Regulations, in order to construct a 5-lot subdivision with open space, on land at 31 Forest Street, Kingston, Plymouth County, MA … in a Residential 40 and Residential 80 district(s). (Special Permit has been withdrawn, Definitive Plan only)
Kingston Planning BoardAgendap. 1kingstonma.api.civicclerk.com — records portal (CivicClerk)

Why it matched — written by TownSignalYour watched address "31 Forest Street" and topic "subdivision" appeared in a Kingston Planning Board filing. This sentence is ours; everything above it is the town's, verbatim.

The quote above is verbatim. The link opens Kingston's agenda at p. 1.

Monitoring record Loading active coverage… Full status →

Cited match after a successful source pull. A missed source is posted on /status the same day.

Who it's for

Built first for land-use professionals.

For small zoning and land-use firms and permitting or engineering consultants working across South Shore towns. Developers are a secondary use case.

01Land-use & zoning counsel

Docket new permits and subdivisions from the public record, before the abutter's letter.

Jared Krieger, for a Variance from Section IV-A of the Zoning By-Law, and such other relief necessary, to raze and reconstruct a pre-existing nonconforming deck (22.4′ from the front setback where 35′ is required), and for the installation of a swimming pool (proposed to be at 29 feet from the setback where 35′ is required) located within the front setback at 25 Mill Lane, in Residence District B. Continued Hearing.
Hingham Zoning Board of AppealsAgendap. 1hingham-ma.gov

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Trigger
Variances and special permits naming your clients, their parcels, or their opponents.
You do
Docket it the same morning, with the citation already attached.

02Real-estate developers

Catch competing projects, upzonings and site-plan conditions while a deal can still change.

7:00 PM Continued Public Hearing - Beth A. Hynes Family Trust for approval of a Special Permit and Subdivision Plan per the Town…
Kingston Planning BoardAgendap. 1kingstonma.api.civicclerk.com — records portal (CivicClerk)

Read this alert in the archive

Trigger
Subdivision and site-plan submissions, 40B and 40R filings, bylaw amendments, abutting-parcel activity.
You do
Reprice or re-plan before the hearing, with a dated paper trail per parcel.

The archive

Every alert is published, with its citation.

One verified alert per town is featured below; every alert we send joins the archive with its quote, document and page. Read it before you pay — each entry links to the town's own document, so check as many as you like.

Browse the full archive

Cohasset ZBA · Dock special permit, 54–60 Beach Street cited · p. 1 · town PDF Marshfield Planning · Mixed use in the B-1 district, 745 Webster Street cited · p. 1 · town PDF Plymouth ZBA · Restaurant to financial institution, 6 Plaza Way cited · p. 2 · town PDF Norwell Board of Appeals · Section 6 finding / special permit, 997 Main Street cited · p. 1 · town PDF

The alert and its rules

The citation is the product.

Four parts. The first three are the town's words; the fourth is ours, and it is labeled as ours.

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Item

Board, matter, case number and address — taken from the record.

02

Verbatim

Exact source words. If we cannot quote them, we do not send.

03

Citation

Document, page and live town link. Coverage is named, bounded and dated.

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Why it matched

Our one-line explanation, labeled and separate. No invented examples.

If an alert is wrong, here is what happens.

Tell us and we correct the archive entry, state what changed and when, and email every subscriber who received it. If a quote is misattributed we say so in the same place we published it. If a town posts a document we should have caught and we did not, that goes on the status page and you hear it from us first.

Coverage, stated plainly

Twelve towns actively monitored.

Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals sources are Active only where named below. Conservation, Historic, Board of Health, and Select Board (including 40B outside a listed ZBA source) are not yet monitored unless a town row expressly says otherwise.

Coverage legend

  • Active — Planning and ZBA sources are monitored in this town.
  • Muted — on the alert archive map, towns with no matching board, matter, or date filters appear muted. Not applied on this homepage grid.
  • Paused / historical — reserved when a municipal source is blocked; none are paused in the current registry.

Live source incidents stay on the status page. To ask for recovery or a new town, request a town.

Cohasset

Planning, ZBA

Duxbury

Planning, ZBA

Hanover

Planning

Hingham

Planning, ZBA

Hull

Planning, ZBA

Kingston

Planning, ZBA

Marshfield

Planning, ZBA

Norwell

Planning, ZBA

Pembroke

Planning, ZBA

Plymouth

Planning, ZBA

Rockland

Planning, ZBA

Scituate

Planning, ZBA

Each town name opens that town's citation hub. Live check times and source availability belong on the status page. Same Active / Muted / Paused·historical language appears on the archive map legend.

Who this is not for

TownSignal is a focused land-use monitor, not a replacement for municipal counsel or a general web search.

It covers the named Planning and ZBA sources above. A person can read any board in any town; town mailing lists are free and official; Google Alerts covers the wider web. TownSignal earns its place by sending the matched public record with a verbatim quote and page citation.

Founding member

One tier · live now

$149/ month

Twelve town portals vs about $9 of associate time per workday. One missed competing filing is not $149.

  • All actively monitored towns and boards — no per-town pricing
  • Unlimited topics, bylaw sections, addresses and client names
  • Every alert cited to the town's own document and page
  • Founding price locked for as long as you stay
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Use the founding-member checkout above, then choose your towns and topics immediately after checkout. Joel reviews the watchlist. Sign in anytime at /login with an email magic link—no password dashboard.

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FAQ

Short answers.

Is TownSignal live nationwide?

No. The South Shore towns shown on the page are the whole current list; twelve are actively monitored.

Which boards do you read?

Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals in the active towns shown above. Coverage is source-specific.

What happens if an alert is wrong?

Tell us and we correct the archive entry, say what changed, and email every subscriber who received it. If we cannot quote a document, we do not send an alert about it.

Can I use custom keywords?

Yes. Topics, bylaw sections, addresses and client names are included.

How soon after a town posts a document does the alert arrive?

Cited match after a successful source pull; a missed source is posted on /status the same day. Pulls are periodic, not real-time.

How do alerts arrive, and how do I cancel?

Delivery is email-only. The magic-link ledger shows your towns, watch terms, source pulls, matches and incidents. Cancel anytime by emailing support@townsignal.co.

Can I pay annually or send alerts to a team?

Annual is $1,490/year (2 months free), billed through Stripe. Monthly includes one inbox; add two during onboarding and Joel confirms the firm price.

What does the sample form do?

Choose an active town and a term. TownSignal shows a real cited item without asking for email. Without an exact match, the closest town item is labeled an archive sample, not a live watch.

What is a matter history?

A stable page grouping separately dated, cited events for one matter. Distinct cases are not merged.

How is this different from ZoneWire?

TownSignal cites the South Shore town PDF before the hearing. ZoneWire is national and post-hearing. Read the comparison.

Founder-assisted pilot

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