Fright Night at Fenway Park

23Oct08

Wednesday, September 24 was a dark and chilly night at Fenway Park, as the Boston Red Sox prepared to play the Cleveland Indians in a meaningless game. The Red Sox had clinched a post-season berth the night before, assuring that there would be October baseball in Boston.
Cleveland was going nowhere, achieving a .500 winning [...]

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Razing of Miss Hope’s Studio School Marks End of an Era for Wakefield Baby Boomers

04Oct08

Almost unnoticed, an era ended in Wakefield, Massachusetts this week. Or at least, an era’s final tangible symbol vanished with the razing of the bungalow at 93 Montrose Avenue that was home to Hope Dillaway’s Studio School for Children in the 1940’s and 1950s. The property is slated to be developed as a five-lot single-family [...]

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Town of Wakefield Settles 40B Lawsuit Against Millbrook Estates

02Oct08

Developer will pay $500,000 to town over five years
The Town of Wakefield, Massachusetts has settled its lawsuit concerning the Millbrook Estates affordable housing project.
Under the agreement, the town has agreed to drop its pending lawsuit and the developers in return will pay the town $500,000 over five years, Town Counsel Thomas Mullen announced at [...]

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