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The Haven Country Club Announces Major Capital Investment

The Haven Country Club (Boylston, Mass.) announced a major capital investment that brings new cool-season perennial grass green, enhances subsurface drainage and adds six new pickleball courts to the club. The projects are the latest milestone in an ongoing reinvestment effort focused on creating an inviting environment that best serves...

Boylston, 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 · 1d
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The Enormous Flea Market In Massachusetts Where Savvy Shoppers Score Better Deals Than Costco

There are places in this world that reward the people who bother to show up, and Rietta Flea Market in Hubbardston, Massachusetts is one of the most rewarding of them all. You could spend your Saturday doing something predictable, or you could drive out to Worcester County and spend it doing something genuinely memorable.

Hubbardston, MA · 13h
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Repeal campaign united cannabis sector. Here's what's next

A proposal to kill Massachusetts' legal cannabis industry flamed out Tuesday, with a resounding no vote . Now comes the hard part for the industry: Keeping the momentum going to make the legal market more accessible to those harmed by the War on Drugs. Why it matters: A controversial ballot measure campaign turned Massachusetts into a testing ground for those seeking to repeal state laws legalizing cannabis sales. Catch up quick: Supporters of the ballot measure, namely the interest group Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) Action Inc., rang the alarm over reports of marijuana psychosis and impaired driving. Cannabis business owners, workers and consumers tallied the costs of a yes vote: an industry employing 27,000-plus people and bringing in $336 million in state and local tax revenue in fiscal 2026 alone. The latest: More than 1.6 million voters (nearly 76%) decided against Question 8 as of 7am Wednesday, when 80% of the votes were counted. The Associated Press declared Question 8 dead just before midnight, hours after cannabis industry leaders claimed victory. State of blaze: While the ballot measure posed an existential threat to the industry, it also lit a fire under a workforce that has long felt defeated over

Massachusetts · 2d

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Intersection to become four-way stop on Nov. 12

WESTFORD — A town intersection will undergo a traffic pattern change as officials prepare to convert an existing two-way stop into a four-way stop. The intersection of Lowell Road at Brookside Road and Chamberlain Road will be converted to a four-way stop on Thursday, Nov. 12, according to an Oct. 28 announcement from the Town of Westford.

Westford, MA · 2d

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Leaves and Yard Waste Can't Go Out With the Trash in Massachusetts, Where MassDEP Keeps Them on Its List of Materials Banned From Disposal

Leaves and yard waste are on MassDEP's list of banned disposal materials. What counts, how to mulch or compost leaves, and why dumping and burning are out.

Massachusetts · 2d

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Worcester Families Want Dual-Language Seats, but Massachusetts Can't Staff Them

Worcester Dual Language Magnet School — School At Center Of Story. Worcester is trying to build a local pipeline of teachers for dual-language classrooms, even as the district and other Massachusetts schools struggle to staff them. Worcester Dual Language Magnet School enrolls roughly 550 students from preschool through eighth grade, while interest in seats like these exceeds what districts can currently provide. State education officials say the staffing gap threatens the future of bilingual instruction across the commonwealth.

Worcester, MA · 2d

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Campaign behind Question 5 concedes as AP projects measure to fail

The measure would have changed how Massachusetts returns excess tax revenue to residents. Voters rejected a ballot measure that would have overhauled how Massachusetts calculates its tax-revenue limit, the Associated Press projected Thursday afternoon, a day after the campaign backing the proposal conceded defeat. With nearly 99 percent of votes...

Massachusetts · 18h

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9 Bathroom Habits in Massachusetts That Could Make Other Americans Uncomfortable

A Massachusetts trip can involve a busy city restroom, a beach bathhouse, and a shared cottage bathroom within the same weekend. The awkward moments usually come from people bringing one set of expectations into a different kind of space. These nine habits are situations to handle thoughtfully while traveling in...

Massachusetts · 2d

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Concord's Middlesex School Opens 106,000-Square-Foot Curtis Center Field House

Middlesex School says its new Curtis Center is finished and ready for student use on the school’s Concord campus. The two-story, 106,000-square-foot facility brings athletic, fitness, and student gathering spaces together, including courts, a turf practice area, an indoor track, locker rooms, and places to study. Erland Construction completed...

Concord, MA · 1d

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Massachusetts Voters Allow Restrictive Gun Law To Remain In Place

Massachusetts voters allowed a restrictive gun-control law to remain in place by a nearly 35-point margin Tuesday as part of a Democratic midterm sweep.

Massachusetts · 2d

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More frequent refunds to taxpayers fails on Mass. ballot

The campaign behind the measure intended to limit state revenues and create more frequent tax refunds conceded Wednesday morning, and on Thursday the Associate Press called the race to say the ballot measure was defeated by a vote of 52.1% against. This year’s Ballot Question 5 asked voters whether to update the state’s law that caps revenue.

Massachusetts · 1d

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Question 9: Mass. votes to keep major gun safety law

A 2024 Massachusetts law tightening firearm regulations will stay in place. Voters approved Question 9, according to the Associated Press, rejecting a repeal effort from gun rights advocates. Gov. Maura Healey called the law the state’s "most significant gun safety legislation in a decade" when she signed it two years...

Massachusetts · 2d

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3 New England States Rank In Top 10 For College Students With Massachusetts At The Top

Regarding the best states in the country for college students, New England had 3 landing in the top 10 alone!

Massachusetts · 1d

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We need to save our naturally occurring affordable homes

Everyone agrees we need a lot more housing in Massachusetts. We’re spending billions of dollars and passing laws such as the Affordable Homes Act and the MBTA Communities Act, hoping to create that housing. But we’re losing housing for low- and moderate-income people at the same time. This chart...

Massachusetts · 2d

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‘Yes on 5’ concedes in apparent defeat of tax refund question

While the race for Ballot Question 5 has yet to be officially called, the campaign behind the measure intended to limit state revenues and create more frequent tax refunds conceded Wednesday morning. This year’s Ballot Question 5 asked voters whether to update the state’s law that caps revenue.

Massachusetts · 2d

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Massachusetts voters retain legal pot, gun control measures

Massachusetts voters opted to keep recreational cannabis legal and retain gun control laws in two of the nine questions on their ballot this year. In another ballot question decision, voters passed a measure that will allow for same day voter registration, joining 20 other states, and passed a question that will override local zoning ordinances to allow homes to be built on lots as small as 5,000 square feet.

Massachusetts · 2d

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Massachusetts Homes Are Twice as Likely to Catch Fire on Thanksgiving

Residential fires double on Thanksgiving Day in Massachusetts, with over 80 percent starting in the kitchen from unsafe cooking practices.

Massachusetts · 2d

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Massachusetts Decorates For Christmas Before Most Other States

Massachusetts residents love getting into the holiday spirit early, ranking near the top of the nation for Christmas cheer and early decorating traditions

Massachusetts · 1d

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SAM Vows More Cannabis Repeal Efforts After Massachusetts Defeat

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The organization that supplied nearly all the funding for Massachusetts’ defeated cannabis repeal campaign says it will pursue similar efforts elsewhere, identifying Maine as its next target. In a November 4 statement, SAM Action President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Sabet said Massachusetts voters’ rejection...

Massachusetts · 21h