Tenants Union Renews Push To Buy Blake Building

Tenants at a 70-unit Blake Street apartment complex rallied outside Ocean Management’s office Wednesday afternoon, demanding a new collectively bargained lease with their landlord — and renewing their push to buy the building themselves. Members of the Blake Street Tenants Union, which is renaming itself the Blake Gardens...

Glastonbury house where woman was found dead sells again for $654,888

In June 2025, an excavator unearthed the body of Mary A. Notarangelo in the home. She was initially reported missing in July 2024.

Units Available at Lee's New Eagle Mill Housing Development

LEE, Mass. — Hearthway wants community members to know there are three-bedroom units available at The Lofts at Eagle Mill with little to no waitlist. The apartments at 73 West Center St. recently came online in the historic building on the banks of the Housatonic River after more than a decade of work. The first tenants began moving in last week.

New Haven breaks ground on $32 million affordable housing development in Dwight neighborhood

Blasius Auto Group closes Brookfield and Torrington dealerships

Orders placed through the Brookfield and Torrington dealerships will be honored, and scheduled service work will be performed at those locations, Bill Palomba said.

I’m tired of paying rent...I’m looking for Real Estate - by Dennis Serpone

As we slide from the beautiful colors of the forests of the Fall to the music and festivities of the Holiday season, restaurant owners become concerned at what will 2027 bring?. As the daily cost of operating increases each month, the focus always seems to end up with the cost...

New property tax rates aren't in the spirit of Vermont

BRATTLEBORO-The recent property-tax rate change is a big one - an actual upheaval of a lot of Vermont, the biggest change of its kind I can remember in the 43 years I've lived here. I see firsthand its effect on low-income residents in my retired neighbor. who will have to...

Beyond the Hamptons: The Quiet Appeal of Sharon, Connecticut

There are towns in Litchfield County that buyers discover and then quietly tell their friends about. Sharon, Connecticut tends to work that way. People arrive for a specific reason, a school, a lake, a property they saw online, and find something harder to define once they get there. The retention rate, in the informal sense of how many buyers come once and come back, says something about the town that listing data alone does not.

Massachusetts voters to weigh ‘starter home’ zoning change on November ballot

Massachusetts voters will decide in November whether to override local zoning rules and allow single-family homes on lots as small as 5,000 square feet, a measure supporters say would spur construction of starter homes and opponents say would strip communities of control over development. The effects of Question 7 would...

Pease, Hoffman talk issues ahead of 4th Hampden District race

WESTFIELD — The Nov. 3 general election is just days away, so candidates are wrapping up their campaigns and preparing for a long day at the polls. One of the major contests in our region is for the 4th Hampden District state representative seat, which covers Southampton and most of Westfield.

Question 7 is fair because it spreads the burden of building housing

Nobody wants denser housing built only near them, so no city or town wants to be the only one that builds.

Real Estate Transactions for Oct. 29, 2026

121 Florence Road Unit 2C: Olga L. Jordan to Bekim Imeri and Mbaresa Kuka, $275,000 on Oct. 9. 120 Harbor Street: Nicholas Anderson to Dana E. Bregman, $768,000 on Oct. 5. 34 Howard Avenue: Stephen Diaz and Sofia Noori to Morash Family Trust and Stephen A. Morash, $920,000 on Oct. 5.

Naugatuck's Vacant Lot Becomes 60 Apartments, With 120 More and a Train Station Coming

The first 60 apartments at The Platform at Naugatuck are complete on a seven-acre downtown site that had stood vacant for years. The project’s location alongside a planned replacement train station makes the development part of a broader effort to bring housing and rail access together in downtown Naugatuck.

Question 7 proposes ‘starter home’ zoning change

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Massachusetts voters will decide in November whether to override local zoning rules and allow single-family homes on lots as small as 5,000 square feet, a measure supporters say would spur construction of starter homes and opponents say would strip communities of control over development.

Developer appeals Middletown denial of 76 apartments and 23 mobile homes

The appeals, filed in Middletown Superior Court, allege that the commission improperly disregarded the developer’s traffic engineer’s analysis.

Marcus & Millichap Lists USPS Operations Facility in Hartford County

Marcus & Millichap has the listing for sale of the USPS Northeast Operations Facility in Windsor, CT, within Hartford County. Harrison Klein and Chez Eider of Marcus & Millichap, in association with John Krueger, the firm’s broker of record in Connecticut, are exclusively marketing the asset on behalf of the seller, a New York City-based investment firm.

A Massachusetts ballot measure asks if single-family homes belong on NBA-court-sized lots

Supporters argue that creating a statewide floor could help address the state's housing shortage.

Question 7 would allow Mass. "starter homes" on smaller lots

Massachusetts voters will decide whether to override local laws to let single-family homes be built on lots as small as 5,000 square feet. Why it matters: Question 7 will test whether voters are willing to give up a degree of local control to help address the housing crisis. Context: Each of Massachusetts 351 cities and towns has its own rules over where and what kind of homes could be built. More than half of property zoned for single-family homes has a minimum lot size of 40,000 square feet, per a recent report by the National Zoning Atlas . 24% of this land has an 80,000-square-foot lot size minimum, per the report. Driving the news: The proposal would amend the state constitution to allow single-family homes on lots as small as 5,000 square feet, provided they have access to public water and sewer services and at least 50 feet of street frontage. The measure would override local zoning rules requiring larger lots, certain special permits or other requirements in most cases. If approved, it would take effect about a month after the election. The fine print: It would still let local officials set other requirements on single-family homes, including dimensional setbacks,

Forget Big City Living And Head To This Insanely Affordable Small Town In Massachusetts

Nobody moves to a big city because they love paying enormous amounts of money for a small apartment where the walls are thin enough to hear your neighbor’s entire phone conversation. They move there for opportunity, energy, and the feeling that something is always happening, but at some point,...