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In its major business of the night, the council approved a request by City Manager Robert W. Healy to prepare an appropriation order for a planning study in conjunction with the Larkin Petition, which will put a moratorium on development in East Cambridge for 18 months.
Supporters of the petition said it would give them time to come up with a plan to control development in their section of the city. East Cambridge and an adjacent neighborhood, Area 4, are two of the poorest areas of the city, where there is the most support for the...
"I'm sure there is widespread support for this petition throughout the city," said Cambridge resident Peter Berry.
To halt Harvard's plans, a Web site has been created that includes a petition against the project, which opponents will eventually send to the planning boards.
With the boom in divorce since the 1970s, all 50 states have granted grandparents statutory rights to petition the courts for visitation with grandchildren. Judges will generally grant visitation if it is deemed in the best interest of the child.