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City Council approves sale of Oakland Avenue School to Islamic Academy for Peace.

Methuen City Council approves sale of Oakland Avenue School to Islamic Academy for Peace. The Council voted 8-1 to authorize the Oakland Avenue Trust to purchase the property at an assessed valuation of $2,680,100, with a $200,000 down payment and 25-year city financing at 6 percent fixed interest,

Methuen Council appoints Traci Lavigne Milnes, approves grants and parking ordinance.

Methuen City Council appoints Traci Lavigne Milnes to Board of Health Alternate and approves three resolutions on grants and funding sources. The Council voted unanimously to accept a FY25 Community Development Block Grant and a FY26 Shannon Community Safety Initiative Grant, and authorized

Methuen City Council approves spending for federal housing grant and new city positions.

Methuen City Council approves FY 2025 Community Development Block Grant for housing and youth services. The Council unanimously added an Economic Development Coordinator at roughly 80,000 dollars and a Sanitation/Zero Waste Coordinator to the Department of Public Works, with the latter's cost

City Council approves $235,820 LED lighting contract and $975,000 hangar purchase vote

Methuen City Council approves $235,820 LED lighting contract and Greater Lawrence Technical School hangar purchase. The Council unanimously backed contracts for field lighting, flooring, and fire alarm engineering totaling $343,124, while Chair Neily Soto guided adoption of amended City Council

Methuen City Council reorganizes in first 2026 meeting, elects historic Chair.

Methuen City Council holds reorganization meeting with historic first: election of Councilor Patricia Soto as Chair, making her the city's first Hispanic and first Dominican-descent council chair. The Council unanimously passed a winter parking ban ordinance under Option 2, increasing fines from