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Can Massachusetts build its way out of a housing crisis? Local experts weigh in

Why is it so hard to afford a home in Massachusetts? With prices high and inventory tight, experts say one solution could make a major difference, but not everyone agrees.

Massachusetts · 13h

We Are Berkshires

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Dunkin Faces An AI Challenge As Big Y Emerges As A Top Massachusetts Brand

New research on brand sentiment across the country puts BIG Y World Class Markets near the top here in Massachusetts, just after Dunkin. That tracks for this Big Y shopper.

Massachusetts · 4d

theconnecticutscoop.com

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MULTI-TOWN SCOOP: The Children's Place closing all locations including 9 in Massachusetts

The Children’s Place is planning to filed for bankruptcy and will be closing all its stores. The children’s retailer is reportedly planning a bankruptcy filing as early as next week with plans to close all of its store locations; including the 9 locations in Massachusetts. The retailer is...

Massachusetts · 2d
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Main Street Dollars

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Senior homeowners in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York qualify for property-tax relief with income caps from $48,110 to $112,000, led by a $2,820 credit

Senior homeowners in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York can cut their property tax bills if household income stays under a cap, and those caps run from $48,110 in Pennsylvania to $112,000 for Massachusetts couples. The biggest single payout among the four is Massachusetts’ senior circuit breaker credit, which maxes out at $2,820 for tax […]

Massachusetts · 1d

CommonWealth Beacon

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New Greater Boston housing data show recent progress but troubling signs for the future

Statewide housing policy moves to juice new construction are colliding with “huge macroeconomic and federal policy headwinds pushing in the other direction,” said Luc Schuster, executive director of Boston Indicators, the research arm of the Boston Foundation. “It’s really hard to know where we’re headed in the next year.”

Massachusetts · 9h

hoodline.com

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Westborough's Stop & Shop Plaza Faces Dec. 8 Foreclosure Auction

The Westborough Shopping Center, the Route 9 plaza anchored by Stop & Shop and Staples, is headed for a foreclosure auction scheduled for Dec. 8, 2026, at 11 a.m. The sale comes as the property's owner also holds town approval for a very different future: a redevelopment plan that would bring more than 100 new housing units to the site.

Westborough, MA · 1d

newbedfordguide.com

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From Pharma Kickbacks to Endangered Animal Skulls in Massachusetts: Feds Recover $164 Million

BOSTON – U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley announced that in Fiscal Year 2026 the District of Massachusetts entered settlements totaling more than $133 million and collected more than $164 million ($31 million criminal, $132 million civil). The Office also forfeited more than $35 million and, working with other DOJ components, collected an additional $162.8 million.

Massachusetts · 3d

nbcboston.com

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Massachusetts retiree says soaring electric bills leave her struggling to get by

For Lorna McCafferty, keeping her small home in Douglas, Massachusetts, warm has become a major financial challenge. McCafferty is retired and lives with her husband in a trailer they rent on her brother’s property. She said the arrangement helps keep their housing costs manageable at a time when nearly every other expense seems to be going up.

Douglas, MA · 1d

nenc.news

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Mass. farmers are aging. One family farm looks to the next generation

For the last 45 years, the Mong family has run Applefield Farm in Stow, about 30 miles west of Boston. The charming farm grows everything from corn and kale to scallions and pumpkins. Husband and wife Steven and Kirsten Mong first opened the farm in the 1980s, starting with just...

Stow, MA · 1d

wgbh.org

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The Mass. cannabis industry was meant to help those hurt by the war on drugs. Many say it failed.

When Duane Harden opened up his cannabis delivery business three years ago, he was hopeful that the new venture would be a success — fueled by the legalization of recreational weed in Massachusetts in 2016. But three years later, the 55-year old Haverhill resident says he’s hardly turned a...

Massachusetts · 14h

Main Street Dollars

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Heating aid pays up to $1,200 a household in Massachusetts and utility discounts reach $500 a year in New York, while Maine adds automatic discounts to November bills

Massachusetts households that heat with oil or utility gas can get about $525 to $1,200 in state heating aid this winter. New York utility customers on the state’s discount program can save up to $500 a year, and Maine started automatic electric-bill discounts of 17% to 83% for low-income households on or soon after November […]

Massachusetts · 8h

capeandislands.org

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Via locks and Great Lakes R/V Neil Armstrong navigated from Massachusetts to Minnesota

Much like the man for which it’s named, the ocean research vessel Neil Armstrong is braving a strange new environment – fresh water. The 238-foot research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has made its way down the St. Lawrence River, through locks and Great Lakes, and has arrived in Duluth, Minn.

Duluth, MN · 1d

QSR magazine

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Craveworthy Brands to Acquire Papa Gino’s Parent Company

Craveworthy Brands is expanding its portfolio through a deal that will bring more than 160 Papa Gino’s locations under its umbrella and significantly accelerate the growth of Wing It On!. The multi-brand platform signed a definitive agreement to acquire New England Authentic Eats LLC (NEAE), the Massachusetts-based parent company...

Massachusetts · 11h

reportertoday.com

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By undercutting gas pipeline expansion, Massachusetts risks making an energy affordability problem worse

FOR MANY MASSACHUSETTS families, their energy bill is not an abstract policy issue. When energy costs rise, households may have to make painful tradeoffs between keeping the heat on, buying groceries, filling a prescription, or paying rent. As the leader of a trade association representing the natural gas industry, I am watching with growing concern as Massachusetts policymakers promise a clean, affordable energy future, while proposing policies that make both goals unattainable.

Massachusetts · 11h

pymnts.com

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Medtronic Sued Over Alleged Monopoly in Surgical Stapler Market

Medtronic is facing a federal antitrust lawsuit from rival medical device manufacturer Lexington Medical Inc., which alleges the company has used restrictive contracts, bundled pricing and barriers to competing product trials to maintain its dominance in the U.S. surgical stapler market. The lawsuit, filed Nov. 5 in federal court in...

Massachusetts · 2d

nationalmortgageprofessional.com

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States Tighten Mortgage Rules For Home Equity Investments

Massachusetts, Maine, and Illinois are expanding oversight of home equity financing. States are tightening their oversight of home equity financing arrangements that give investors a share of a property's future value, with Massachusetts becoming the latest to impose new requirements on certain shared-appreciation mortgages. A regulation that took effect Nov....

Massachusetts · 1d

thisweekinworcester.com

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Kopin plans $80M Westborough expansion, up to 80 jobs with state backing

Westborough-based Kopin Corp. will open a new headquarters at 75 North Drive and invest about $80 million to expand its MicroLED manufacturing in town, the company announced Monday, Nov. 9. The project could add up to 80 jobs over five years in engineering, advanced manufacturing, semiconductor processing and other business...

Westborough, MA · 1d

Stateline

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Voters approve housing bond measures but reject easing lot-size and environmental rules

Voters in California, Hawaii and Rhode Island gave the go-ahead last week for bond measures aimed at boosting the housing supply and homeownership. But a California measure to cut back on the state’s decades-old environmental law to spur housing development and a Massachusetts proposal to loosen minimum lot-size rules both failed.

California · 1d

CBS Boston

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Eversource continues expansion of smart meters in Mass. homes

Eversource is continuing its expansion of smart meter technology across Massachusetts designed to give customers more control over their power usage.

Massachusetts · 1d

bostonrealestatetimes.com

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Marcus & Millichap Brokers $5.95 Million Sale of Five-Property Dental Office Portfolio in Western Massachusetts

Portfolio spanning five Pioneer Valley communities includes four dental office condominiums and a freestanding building occupied by practices affiliated with Dental Care Alliance. WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS— Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $5.95 million sale of a five-property dental office portfolio spanning the Pioneer Valley region of Western Massachusetts. The transaction...

Greenfield, MA · 1d