1+ hour, 43+ min ago  (311+ words) TYNGSBORO " With a simple data entry error, the town's tax levy for fiscal 2025 was reduced by $1.18 million, a problem that must be corrected with fiscal 2026 tax bills, the Select Board recently learned. "The problem began with a simple Excel spreadsheet…...

21+ hour, 43+ min ago  (876+ words) Back in June, the Healey-Driscoll administration came up with a creative proposal to jump-start more residential construction in the commonwealth at an inaugural Developers" Fair held in downtown Boston. But given current market conditions, the question remained whether developers would…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (455+ words) By MATT OTT, AP Business Writer The average long-term mortgage rate dipped to 6.15% from 6.18% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Wednesday. That's the lowest average long-term rate since October 3, 2024 when it dipped to 6.12% before shooting back up. One year…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (745+ words) WILMINGTON " Starting Tuesday, 140 employees between Charles River Laboratories and Smyth Companies LLC will be laid off, two of several large job losses to hit both the town and the region in 2025. The layoffs join previous job losses at the Wilmington-based…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (373+ words) BILLERICA " The Billerica Historic Districts Commission is being asked to revisit a vote it took earlier this year to deny an application for a project to remove the Talbot Mills Dam after the Northern Middlesex Council of Governments ruled in…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (423+ words) Four Northeast governors on Wednesday demanded a classified briefing from the Trump administration to understand the national security risks underlying the pause on offshore wind project leases. "It strains credulity to believe that vital, substantial projects that underwent many federal…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (447+ words) Ayer company to pay $1.3M to resolve allegations of COVID loan fraud'Lowell Sun BOSTON " Ajinomoto Cambrooke, Inc., a company headquartered in Ayer., has agreed to pay $1,360,819.04 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by obtaining a Paycheck Protection…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (406+ words) DRACUT " Developer Kevin O'Brien is challenging a decision by the Zoning Board of Appeals granting him a comprehensive permit to build 200 apartment units in East Dracut called Murphy's Farm. The number of units the ZBA approved at its December meeting…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (954+ words) LOWELL " A property tax increase of between 2.5% to 5% may be on the books in order to meet the city's fiscal 2027 financial obligations. The City Council met for the final time in the calendar year on Dec. 16, and received a midyear…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (551+ words) The trade association that represents the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts unveiled an ambitious and costly wish list for Beacon Hill Thursday, featuring a sizable and symbolic request to increase unrestricted local aid by $351 million. The Massachusetts Municipal Association also…...