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The Comprehensive Permit Act [1] is a Massachusetts law which allows developers of affordable housing to override certain aspects of municipal zoning bylaws and other requirements. It consists of Massachusetts General Laws (M.G.L.) Chapter 40B, Sections 20 through 23, along with associated regulations issued and administered by the ...
Grafton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 19,664 at the 2020 census . [ 1 ] The town consists of the North Grafton, Grafton, and South Grafton geographic areas, each with a separate ZIP Code.
Grafton: Town Worcester Open town meeting 19,664 23.3 sq mi (60.35 km 2) 22.7 sq mi (58.79 km 2) 1735 Winthrop: City Suffolk Manager-Council 19,316
Farnumsville Historic District is a historic district encompassing a historic mill village in Grafton, Massachusetts. It is located on the eastern bank of the Blackstone River, extending along Providence and Main Streets, roughly between Cross and Depot Streets, and radiating along those roads and adjacent streets. This area was one of Grafton ...
The Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band owns three and a half acres of reservation land in what is present day Grafton, Massachusetts. [2] The Nipmuc are native to Central Massachusetts, Northeastern Connecticut, and parts of Rhode Island. [3] In 1647, a Puritan reverend by the name of John Eliot created the Hassanmesit "praying town."
Grafton State Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Grafton, Massachusetts that operated from 1901 to 1973. [1] Today, the site has been redeveloped with Tufts University 's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine as a major occupant, along with the Grafton Job Corps office and various other State agencies.
The Fisherville Historic District is a historic district encompassing one of the four 19th century industrial villages of Grafton, Massachusetts. The area's first industrial activity was in 1831–2, when Peter Farnum (who had a mill at Farnumsville) and business partners built a brick mill there. A densely packed residential area grew around ...
Millbury, officially the Town of Millbury, is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Located within Blackstone Valley , the population in Millbury was 13,831 at the 2020 United States Census .