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Pack Your Bags For This Massachusetts Town Where $1,500 A Month Covers Absolutely Everything

There are cities in Massachusetts that will take everything you earn and hand you back a studio apartment and a vague sense of financial anxiety, and then there’s Gardner. Gardner, Massachusetts is the city that quietly decided affordability and quality of life weren’t mutually exclusive, and it has been proving that point for years while the rest of the state wasn’t watching.

Gardner, MA · 2d
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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255 apartments units proposed for former Worcester supermarket site

WORCESTER – After two decades of speculation over the future of a large Mill Street lot across from Coes Reservoir, the owner has come forward with plans to build a housing complex with 255 units across seven buildings. The lot at 195 Mill St. was once home to the Big D chain and Price Chopper. The property has remained vacant for two decades after the grocery stores left, with the 32,000-square-foot building they left behind deteriorating into an eyesore and a significant topic of conversation during past election years. The building was torn down in October 2023 by the owner Worcester Mill LLC, a holding company that is part of Plaza Properties, which redeveloped the Lincoln Plaza shopping center. The company is headed by Sam Adams, whose family formerly owned the Big D supermarket chain. Blueprints Worcester Mill LLC submitted with the Zoning Board of Appeals show three five-story buildings and four four-story buildings. The 255 units will include studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. The plans also include 389 total parking spaces, including 85 compact spaces, 39 electrical vehicle spaces, 39 electrical vehicle-ready spaces and 16 accessible spaces. The owners will appear in front of the Zoning Board of Appeals

Worcester, MA · 3d

WashingtonExaminer

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Looks like starter homes will remain in illegal in much of Massachusetts

In Wellesley, Massachusetts, it is basically illegal to build a starter home, and it looks like it will stay that way. The voters of Massachusetts appear to have rejected a measure that would have overridden local laws that ban modest lots. This sounds like an arcane battle between state law and local zoning regulations, but […]

Wellesley, MA · 2d

The Cool Down

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Massachusetts condo owners lose homes, then get demolition bills up to $244,000 each

"There is a strong sense of not being in control."

Cambridge, MA · 1d

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Conversion of Worcester Boys Club Complete

Worcester, MA — F.W. Madigan Company, a fourth-generation Worcester contractor that led the design-build team, and Maugel DeStefano Architects of Harvard, Mass., recently joined WinnCompanies to celebrate the completion of The Residences on Lincoln Square, a $51 million construction effort that revived the historic Worcester Boys Club and delivered 80 affordable, energy-efficient apartment homes for adults 55 and older to downtown Worcester.

Worcester, MA · 2d

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Massachusetts Seeks Developer to Transform Former Lancaster Industrial School for Girls into 386 Homes

LANCASTER, Mass. — The Healey-Driscoll administration is seeking a developer to transform the approximately 72-acre former Lancaster Industrial School for Girls property into a new residential neighborhood featuring at least 288 homes, with the potential to accommodate up to 386 units through additional local approvals. The Division of Capital...

Lancaster, MA · 2d

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See this stunning New Hampshire farmhouse on a peaceful Portsmouth cove

Solar power, geothermal heat, and a private dock make this coastal farmhouse a dream. This sustainably designed modern farmhouse by Maugel DeStefano Architects sits on a small point of land in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Known as House on the Point, the home is traditional in form and modern in its details, with white siding, charred black wood, and a standing seam metal roof. It won the 2026 AIA New Hampshire Citation Award for Excellence in Residential Architectural Design.

Portsmouth, NH · 1d

Portsmouth Herald

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Little Bay is not spare commercial space: Russ McCann Jr.

Little Bay is not empty just because no one has built something on it. A quiet cove, an unobstructed shoreline and water a family can paddle across already serve a public purpose. They do not need floating cages to become valuable. That should be the starting point for decisions about expanding floating oyster farms in the Great Bay estuary. Instead, the public is too often asked to defend open water against an argument built around production, growth and restoration. Our answer is simple: the public’s use of the bay deserves its own place in the decision. New Hampshire should halt further floating expansion until it identifies suitable locations, protects established recreational areas and sets firm limits on acreage and equipment. Popular coves, public launch approaches and essential shoreline routes should be kept clear of floating farms. Oysters can provide environmental benefits. Growers can contribute to restoration. Neither point answers the question residents are asking: Why should this equipment occupy this particular stretch of water? A kayaker cannot paddle through a promise of economic benefit. A rower cannot use a route obstructed by equipment simply because the oysters beneath it filter water. An open navigation channel does not replace every shallow-water

Newington, NH · 1d

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Julia Child’s Cambridge home sells for over asking ‘in a hot minute’

The home of famed chef Julia Child, a staple of the Cambridge area where she lived for 40 years, has officially sold. Julia Child’s former Cambridge home sold for $6.525 million — $50,000 over the asking price — after only a handful of days on the market.

Cambridge, MA · 2d

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Marblehead entrepreneur responds to overdue rent allegations, cites investment in Swampscott arts center

Marblehead musician and entrepreneur Johnny Ray is responding to allegations that he is four months behind on rent at his new Swampscott Performing Arts Center, saying he has invested substantial resources into restoring the building (the old Hawthorne by the Sea restaurant) and remains committed to reaching a resolution with the town.

Swampscott, MA · 12h

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Massachusetts Plan for More Starter Homes Fails as ‘NIMBY’ Voters Insist on Local Zoning Control

Massachusetts voters rejected a ballot initiative that would allow the zoning of smaller lots for starter home construction.

Massachusetts · 12h

The Cool Down

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Historic Massachusetts bank becomes flashpoint in push to build 72 affordable apartments

Councilors established the trust to give it latitude in advancing affordable housing.

Newton, MA · 14h

CBS Boston

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Massachusetts voters split on Question 7 that would reduce minimum lot size

The measure would allow​ single-family homes to be built on a minimum 5,000 sq. ft. lot.

Massachusetts · 2d

The Cool Down

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Renters in Massachusetts city favor candidates prioritizing more homes by over 3 to 1, poll finds

"Most aspiring homeowners and individuals can't compete with developers for properties."

Cambridge, MA · 16h

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Berkshire region real estate sales – November 6, 2026

98-100 Commercial Street: Star Generation LLC of Adams to Theresa Whitney, $240,600 on 10/23/2026. 51 Mountain Pasture Road: Michael Ragusa of Becket to Matthew Gerber, $45,000 on 10/22/2026. Clarksburg. 573 River Road: Devon C. Tosches of Clarksburg to Lyndsey Degrenier, $10,000 on 10/20/2026. 70 Brooks: Tobe A. Cote of Clarksburg...

Great Barrington, MA · 1d

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Ipswich couple earns Rebecca R. Gibbs community service award

The Rebecca R. Gibbs Memorial Charitable Fund presented its sixth annual Outstanding Community Service Award to Alexis Surpitski-McIntyre and Joe Perna at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at Ascension Memorial Church, according to a news release from the fund’s board. The board said the award recognizes Surpitski-McIntyre’s efforts to...

Ipswich, MA · 2d

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Somerville saw our housing shortage coming

From Joshua Michel, Ashish Shrestha and Chris Beland. Over the past 10 years, rents in Somerville have jumped by 50 percent. If you live here, you probably don’t need that statistic to tell you what’s happened: Somerville can hold a lot more people, but we haven’t built enough homes for them, and prices have risen fast.

Somerville, MA · 16h

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Developer proposes turning three attached South End buildings into housing

A proponent is proposing the redevelopment of three attached, underutilized commercial buildings on Wareham Street in the South End into a single six-story, approximately 38-unit, multi-family residential building. Stack+Co, a Boston-based integrated architectural and development firm, filed a Small Project Review Application (SPRA) with the city’s Planning Department on Oct....

Boston, MA · 1d

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WinnCos. secures funding for 115-unit, mixed-income apt. community in Downtown Salem, MA

Salem, MA WinnCompanies has secured financing for a 115-unit, mixed-income apartment building designed to revitalize the northern gateway to downtown. The $48 million construction project will deliver a true mixed-income community offering a range of affordability and apartment sizes – 20 studios, 60 one-bedroom units and 35 two-bedroom units. Of the 115 apartments, 55 will be available to households earning up to 60% of Area Median Income (AMI); 22 will be available at incomes up to 30% AMI; 20 will serve middle-income households; and 18 will be rented at market rates.

Salem, MA · 1d