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$7M 'Fixer-Upper' In Western Mass With Indoor Pool Is Secluded Sanctuary
If you've got $6.9 million to spend, a natural inclination for solitude, and a working knowledge of 1920s architecture, then there is a place for you in Berkshire County.
A five-bedroom, seven-bathroom home in New Marlborough with nearly 6,000 feet of square space comes with 330 acres of land, an indoor pool, and a few problems, the Zillow listing says. The home built in 1920 consists of multiple buildings — the Tudor style residence with an indoor pool, shingled barn, Dutch colonial multi-family dwelling, a guest house, and several smaller sheds, and a workshop.
The residen…
These Massachusetts Communities Among Best Places To Live, Brand-New Rankings Reveal
A new poll appears to suggest Massachusetts residents should move East.
All the best places to live in the state are in or around Boston, according to Niche’s 2021 Best Places to Live survey. The ranked list features 486 Massachusetts cities, towns, and neighborhoods.
Overall, the best places to live in Massachusetts, according to Niche are Brookline, The Port, Cambridgeport, and East Cambridge neighborhoods in Cambridge, and Peabody.
If you aren’t in Boston, the best place to live outside of the metro region is Pelham, a little hamlet of 1,280 people over by Amherst. Pelham was ranked the…
Covid-19: Local Vaccine Appointments At Major Pharmacies, Grocers All Booked By 9 a.m.
CVS has expanded locations where people can get a COVID-19 vaccine, but as of 8:50 a.m. on Monday, March 8, appointments for the first doses were all taken.
The expansion means that COVID-19 vaccines are available at more than 100 CVS pharmacies in Massachusetts including those in Worcester, West Springfield, Southwick, Sturbridge, Northampton, Leominster, Lanesborough, Holyoke, Greenfield, and Great Barrington.
CVS was able to expand vaccination services due to the recent U.S. Federal Drug Administration’s emergency approval of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, which incre…
Covid-19: Most-Populated Berkshire Communities At Low-Risk For Infection, Town Rates, Trends
Keeping with the trend of declining COVID-19 infections, four of the Berkshires most populated communities are in the state’s “gray” or “green” zones - meaning they are at the lowest risk for virus infection.
The Berkshires have no “red” communities, which pose the highest risk of infection, according to the most recent state data.
On Thursday, March 4, Massachusetts unveiled its latest weekly update on COVID-19 incidents by the municipality.
Gray and green communities in the Berkshires are:
Pittsfield, 7.5, new incidents reported per 100,000 people,
Williamstown, 10
Great Barrington,…