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Wayland Conservation Commission continues contested Rice Road wetland delineation for the third time, pending state guidance on drought-era stream delineation.
Wayland Conservation Commission continues contested Rice Road wetland delineation for the third time, pending state guidance on drought-era stream delineation.
Wayland Select Board honored Camp Chickami first responders and took steps to ease a traffic detail shortage at its September 8 meeting.
Wayland's Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved special permits for two residential projects and debated the sweeping effect of recent state zoning law changes at its September 8 meeting.
Wayland Select Board honored Camp Chickami first responders and took steps to ease a traffic detail shortage at its September 8 meeting.
Wayland's Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved special permits for two residential projects and debated the sweeping effect of recent state zoning law changes at its September 8 meeting.
Colrain recorded 11 property deeds between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, though only four listed a disclosed sale price. Those ranged from $125,000 to $543,345, with a median of $260,000. The period's highest-recorded sale was 207 Franklin Hill Rd., which sold for $543,345 to Rocket Mortgage LLC and Mortgage
The South Middlesex Registry of Deeds recorded 19 Littleton property transfers between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5. Ten disclosed a sale price, ranging from $619,000 to $1,210,950, with a median of $841,887. The month's top transaction was 21 Nashoba Rd., which sold for $1,210,950 on Aug. 27 to Scott and
Otis recorded 12 property deeds between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, but only six disclosed a sale price. Among those, prices ranged from $50,000 to $1,400,000, with a median of $225,000. The month's top sale was 138 Kingsley Rd at $1,400,000. Three of the six disclosed sales listed a bank or credit union
Westport recorded 51 property transfers between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, with 21 carrying a disclosed sale price ranging from $92,000 to $2,800,000 and a median of $619,900. The month's top sale was 177 Howland Rd, which sold for $2.8 million on Aug. 14 from John H. Morrison to Andrew Charles Wert.
Brockton recorded 13 property transfers between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, according to Plymouth County Registry of Deeds data. Nine sales disclosed a price, ranging from $407 to $965, with a median of $550; four transfers listed no price. The period's top sale was 245 Braemoor Rd at $965, one of two
Ten properties changed hands in Harvard between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, but only one deed disclosed a sale price: $575,000, for a Grant Road transfer from the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency to Grant Rd LLC on Aug. 13. A second deed for a nearby Grant Road address, recorded the sam…
Brockton recorded 13 property transfers between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, according to Plymouth County Registry of Deeds data. Nine sales disclosed a price, ranging from $407 to $965, with a median of $550; four transfers listed no price. The period's top sale was 245 Braemoor Rd at $965, one…
Stoneham recorded 20 property transfers between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, but only six deeds disclosed a sale price, ranging from $252,000 to $1,260,000 with a median of $802,500. The top disclosed sale was 5 Concord Rd. at $1,260,000, sold by the Edward R. Masiello Revocable Trust to Louis a…
Saugus recorded 14 property transfers between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, with disclosed prices ranging from $549,000 to $12.3 million and a median of $650,000 among the seven sales that listed a price. The period's standout transaction was 1450 Broadway, which sold for $12.3 million to 1450 Br…
Wayland Historic District Commission conditions Bow Road window replacement on exterior muntins.
Wayland Historic District Commission conditions Bow Road window replacement on exterior muntins.
Methuen's DPW opened a survey this week on a Milk Street traffic-calming and road improvement project. The move gives residents a direct channel to weigh in before the city finalizes changes to the corridor. Methuen Public Schools welcomes students back for the first full day of classes…
Methuen's DPW opened a survey this week on a Milk Street traffic-calming and road improvement project. The move gives residents a direct channel to weigh in before the city finalizes changes to the corridor. Methuen Public Schools welcomes students back for the first full day of classes…
Boston council hears hours of testimony on City Hall and sidewalk accessibility gaps. City Councilor Edward M.
Boston council hears hours of testimony on City Hall and sidewalk accessibility gaps. City Councilor Edward M.
Fingerprint Boston launched a remote fingerprint processing service for Americans living abroad on Aug. 31, per a report from OpenPR. The Tewksbury-based fingerprinting and document services office said the launch lets clients complete identity-verification steps without visiting the of…
Chelmsford postponed planned road milling on Kristin Drive and Etta Street, canceling the Aug. 31 start with no new date set yet. The town's News Flash advised residents not to park on either street during the work and to expect temporary traffic pattern changes and detours once it resu…
Marlborough welcomed Coastal Medical Transportation Systems as its new emergency ambulance provider, Mayor J. Christian Dumais announced Monday. The announcement came as City Hall also posted updated voting-hours guidance ahead of Tuesday's primary, when residents decide four contested …
Fingerprint Boston launched a remote fingerprint processing service for Americans living abroad on Aug. 31, per a report from OpenPR. The Tewksbury-based fingerprinting and document services office said the launch lets clients complete identity-verification steps without visiting the of…
Chelmsford postponed planned road milling on Kristin Drive and Etta Street, canceling the Aug. 31 start with no new date set yet. The town's News Flash advised residents not to park on either street during the work and to expect temporary traffic pattern changes and detours once it resu…
Marlborough welcomed Coastal Medical Transportation Systems as its new emergency ambulance provider, Mayor J. Christian Dumais announced Monday. The announcement came as City Hall also posted updated voting-hours guidance ahead of Tuesday's primary, when residents decide four contested …
Falmouth moved beach parking sticker sales to Town Hall Square after a crash forced the Surf Drive bathhouse to close indefinitely. The Ellen T. Mitchell Bathhouse Beach Administration Building at 56 Surf Drive has been shut since an Aug. 10 crash, and sticker sales will run 9 a.m. to 4…
Sharon's Bay Road remains under detour through Sept. 11 as public works crews continue nearby construction work. The town's website confirms the closure began Aug. 6 and will run for more than five weeks, adding to a stretch of ongoing roadwork that also included Sunday night's overnigh…
Falmouth moved beach parking sticker sales to Town Hall Square after a crash forced the Surf Drive bathhouse to close indefinitely. The Ellen T. Mitchell Bathhouse Beach Administration Building at 56 Surf Drive has been shut since an Aug. 10 crash, and sticker sales will run 9 a.m. to 4…
Amherst is warning residents of traffic congestion on South East Street as its new elementary school prepares to open. The town flagged the stretch between Route 9 and Main Street near 70 South East Street, while also lighting Town Hall purple through early September for International O…
Concord issued a traffic advisory for a week of roadwork on four streets as the fall construction season ramps up. Old Bedford Road, Bedford Street, Lowell Road and Maple Street will see continued work from Monday, Aug. 31 through Friday, Sept. 4, according to the town's News Flash advi…
Sharon's Bay Road remains under detour through Sept. 11 as public works crews continue nearby construction work. The town's website confirms the closure began Aug. 6 and will run for more than five weeks, adding to a stretch of ongoing roadwork that also included Sunday night's overnigh…
Amherst is warning residents of traffic congestion on South East Street as its new elementary school prepares to open. The town flagged the stretch between Route 9 and Main Street near 70 South East Street, while also lighting Town Hall purple through early September for International O…
Concord issued a traffic advisory for a week of roadwork on four streets as the fall construction season ramps up. Old Bedford Road, Bedford Street, Lowell Road and Maple Street will see continued work from Monday, Aug. 31 through Friday, Sept. 4, according to the town's News Flash advi…
Thirteen deeds were recorded in Merrimac between July 31 and Aug. 29, 2026, with six transactions carrying disclosed sale prices ranging from $625,000 to $1,160,000 and a median of $698,000. The month's standout transaction was the $1,160,000 sale at 1 Locust Grove Road, Lot 3, the only transfer to
Framingham recorded 16 property transfers between July 31 and Aug. 29, according to South Middlesex Registry of Deeds data. Eight sales disclosed a price, ranging from $270,000 to $3 million, with a median of $522,500. The month's largest transaction was 235 Worcester Rd, which sold for $3 million
Franklin County Registry of Deeds records show 12 property transfers in Whately from July 31 to Aug. 24, but only five disclosed a sale price, ranging from $64,908 to $1.4 million, with a median of $290,000. The month's top transaction was 92 Masterson Rd, which sold for $1.4 million on Aug. 24.
Lincoln recorded eight property transfers between July 31 and Aug. 29. Prices ranged from $850,000 to $2,100,000, with a median of $1,300,000 among the five sales that disclosed a price. The period's top sale was 148 Weston Road, which sold for $2,100,000 on July 31, from Robert and Christie Waitt
Clarksburg recorded 15 property transfers between July 31 and Aug. 26, 2026, but only six disclosed a sale price, ranging from $65,000 to $450,000 with a median of $188,750. The month's top transaction was 654 River Road, which sold for $450,000 on Aug. 26 from Carin and Chad Degrenier to Adams
Wakefield residents are being reminded of early voting options ahead of the September 1 state primary as the town wraps up an overnight North Avenue lane closure. The Lucius Beebe Memorial Library has a full slate of programming this week, including a September 1 author talk with histor…
Wakefield residents are being reminded of early voting options ahead of the September 1 state primary as the town wraps up an overnight North Avenue lane closure. The Lucius Beebe Memorial Library has a full slate of programming this week, including a September 1 author talk with histor…
Clarksburg recorded 15 property transfers between July 31 and Aug. 26, 2026, but only six disclosed a sale price, ranging from $65,000 to $450,000 with a median of $188,750. The month's top transaction was 654 River Road, which sold for $450,000 on Aug. 26 from Carin and Chad Degrenier …
Sewer construction is closing Brick Kiln Road and Randolph Street on weekdays this week, snarling routes near the mall and Gifford Street. The town's Aug. 28 construction update set both closures for 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, with a posted detour map for drivers. Separately, the Ell…
Salem's late-summer stretch brought steady infrastructure updates and community happenings rather than one dominant story. The city continued roadway, water and sewer improvement projects planned through the fall, and the Parks and Recreation Department released its September 2026 progr…
Bedford recorded 20 property transfers between July 31 and Aug. 29, though only nine deeds disclosed a sale price. Among those, prices ranged from $750,000 to $2,275,000, with a median of $930,000. The month's top sale was 6 Parker Rd, which sold for $2,275,000 on July 31 to Heeyong Kim…
Sewer construction is closing Brick Kiln Road and Randolph Street on weekdays this week, snarling routes near the mall and Gifford Street. The town's Aug. 28 construction update set both closures for 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, with a posted detour map for drivers. Separately, the Ell…
Hancock recorded eight property transfers between July 31 and Aug. 7, 2026, but only one, 37 Corey Rd, disclosed a sale price: $625,000, sold by Laurence and Alice Shaw as trustees to Adam and Alesandra Cox. That figure also serves as the period's price range and median, since no other …
Franklin County Registry of Deeds records show 12 property transfers in Whately from July 31 to Aug. 24, but only five disclosed a sale price, ranging from $64,908 to $1.4 million, with a median of $290,000. The month's top transaction was 92 Masterson Rd, which sold for $1.4 million on…
Norfolk County Registry of Deeds recorded just one Brookline home sale between July 31 and Aug. 29, 2026: 168 Gardner Road, which sold for $2,910,000 on Aug. 5. Sellers Sarah K. and Jonathan M. Abbett transferred the property to buyers Ira P. Michaelson and David Gerrie. With only one r…
Salem's late-summer stretch brought steady infrastructure updates and community happenings rather than one dominant story. The city continued roadway, water and sewer improvement projects planned through the fall, and the Parks and Recreation Department released its September 2026 progr…
Belmont Patch details how the town decides which streets and sidewalks get repaired first, per its public works process. The report weighs pavement condition, safety and available funding in building the town's annual repair list, Belmont Patch reports. Meanwhile, town election official…
Belmont Patch details how the town decides which streets and sidewalks get repaired first, per its public works process. The report weighs pavement condition, safety and available funding in building the town's annual repair list, Belmont Patch reports. Meanwhile, town election official…
Salem will see rolling road blocks Sunday, Aug. 30, as the North Shore RunFest moves through the city. City Hall issued the advisory this week under Mayor Dominick Pangallo, urging drivers to plan around detours along the race route. Salem Sound Coastwatch, meanwhile, was awarded $30,00…
Stoughton's volleyball team opened its fall season Friday with a nonconference road match at Avon, per MaxPreps, as the town's high school squads returned to competition for 2026. Stoughton Patch also flagged a national food writers' guide that named two Massachusetts pizzerias among th…
Sharon completed repaving and restriping the main parking lot at Memorial Beach, the town announced this week. The project, handled through the town's public works operation, refreshes one of the busiest access points to Lake Massapoag as the town also continues managing an ongoing Bay …
Westford changed its polling location for Westford Academy voters and closed Forge Village Road after a culvert failure. The town also welcomed Eric Du as its new Operations Analyst and posted the August Town Manager's newsletter, while public works crews prepare for waterline construct…
Sharon completed repaving and restriping the main parking lot at Memorial Beach, the town announced this week. The project, handled through the town's public works operation, refreshes one of the busiest access points to Lake Massapoag as the town also continues managing an ongoing Bay …
Road crews will close sections of Greenfield streets today as MassDOT completes work, Franklin County Now reports. The closures come as the town also mourns the loss of longtime resident Donna L. Randall-Lacey, 77, of Pond Street, who died at home on August 23, according to an obituary …
Cambridge enters the final major phase of the Broadway Safety Improvement Project this week, city officials say. Crews will bring more visible street changes to the Lee Street to Quincy Street corridor in the coming weeks. Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui and City Manager Yi-An Huang issued a join…
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