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Chapter 61 is a voluntary current use program designed by the Massachusetts Legislature to tax real property in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at its resources value rather than its highest and best use (development) value. Landowners who enroll their land in the program receive property tax reductions in exchange for a lien on their ...
The Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board (ATB) is a quasi-judicial agency within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Office of the Governor. Though part of the executive branch, the ATB is "not subject to its control in the conduct of its adjudicatory functions". [ 1 ]
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Within four years of repealing the law, Cambridge, where "the city's form of rent control was unusually strict," saw new housing and construction increase by 50%, and the tax revenue from construction permits tripled. [41] Property values in Cambridge increased by about $7.8 billion in the decade following the repeal. [42]
The pharmacy mega-giant shot up 18% on Tuesday following The Wall Street Journal's report, raising the company's value by about $1.5 billion. CNN Business 3 hours ago
Massachusetts shares with the five other New England states the New England town form of government. All land in Massachusetts is divided among cities and towns and there are no unincorporated areas, population centers, or townships. Massachusetts has four kinds of public-school districts: local schools, regional schools, vocational-technical ...
1852 map of Boston area showing Stoneham Main Street at the Stoneham Theatre. Stoneham (/ ˈ s t oʊ n ə m / STO-nəm) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, nine miles (14.5 km) north of downtown Boston. Its population was 23,244 at the 2020 census. [1]
The Great Blizzard of 1888 dropped over 5 feet (1.5 m) of snow, with 20-foot (6.1 m) drifts. [30] There have also been more recent blizzards in 1978 and 1996. On June 1, 2011, a tornado [broken anchor] touched down in West Springfield, crossed the Connecticut River, and then devastated the City of Springfield, Massachusetts.