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A quarter of the proposed units would have reduced rates for Grafton residents and employees making 80% of the median income, which would be about $63,000 annually for a household of two.

A local developer proposed 300 units of 40B apartment- and townhouse-style housing in Grafton at a selectboard meeting Tuesday night.

MARION — The Heron Cove housing project is getting bigger. The Select Board unanimously endorsed a plan to turn the Heron Cove housing project into a Local Initiative Program development on June 1. The Local Initiative Program, run by the state, encourages the creation of affordable housing by providing assistance to communities and developers working to create affordable rentals, according to mass.gov. The updated Heron Cove plan would see an increase of 24 units, from 96 to 120. Additionall...

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter At the South Algonquin Business Association virtual event held Feb. 4 via Zoom, participants at the event were treated to some valuable information and advice from Kate Monk from Explorers’ Edge, Carolyn Barker-Brown from Community Futures, and Lori Marcil from Nature and Outdoor Tourism Ontario, to navigate the uncertain spring tourism season due to the ongoing pandemic. Each presenter also explained the steps their organization had taken to help tourism ...

MIDDLEBORO — At the January 25 meeting, the Middleboro Select Board discusses a proposal to convert the former Rockland Trust building at Glass Square into apartments. The board voted to submit a letter of support for a development proposal which would convert the old Rockland Trust building, located on 8 Station St., into a housing complex.  The proposal would utilize the existing space of the 18,000-plus square foot building into 16 residential apartments.  The application for the propos...