Ashland News

When two PowerPoint wielding developers from Colorado and Las Vegas came to a Milford Board of Selectmen meeting in October to pitch the idea of Crossroads, a resort-style casino in town, state Rep.

Members of a group that organizes area community leaders say they want to start a panel to examine the effects of a proposed casino in Milford, citing the need for a unified voice for towns that won't get any tax money from a casino but would still feel its effects.

The New England Economic Project is forecasting a decline in Massachusetts employment of -3.4 percent in 2009, less than the -3.7 percent projected for the United States.

The portion of the state's ethics overhaul that requires municipal employees take a test on conflict of interest regulations is a misguided unfunded mandate, say local municipal officials.

Selling a home today is not like it used to be back in the middle of this decade.Quite honestly when you needed to sell a home back then it was as easy as selling an ice cream cone to a kid on a warm Summer day. Boy has the landscape changed!

Above all else if you want to be sure to have a successful home sale you should be aware that picking top Massachusetts Realtor is an essential part of the equation. See selling a Massachusetts home for the full article.

Amcor Flexibles Inc., a healthcare packaging company, has leased 45,313 square feet at 200 Homer Avenue in Ashland.

Both boston.craigslist.org/vol and boston.craigslist.org/etc have exotic job options from surrogate mothering opportunities through collecting trolley tickets for cash.

Dine at some of the restaurants in historic New England and you have some interesting guests.

A judge has found that a grand jury heard sufficient evidence to return a murder indictment against a Framingham man in a fatal car crash last year in Southboro that prosecutors said was preceded by a drug deal gone bad and a high-speed chase.

The Ashland Massachusetts Real Estate market report for November 2009 has just been released. .

Click the link to see what is going on in the Ashland Real Estate market.

With the clock ticking to Tuesday's special Senate primary to fill the seat of the late Ted Kennedy, local connections got stressed early and often during candidate Martha Coakley's appearance at the Aegean Restaurant yesterday.

Thinking about replacing the siding or windows on your home? Maybe you have had damage to your roof due to a hail storm?

Check out the United Home Experts Blog for some outstanding information of Siding, roofing and window replacement. United Home Experts is a terrific building contractor located in Ashland Massachusetts.

Every month those of you that read my blog know I like to put together my local Real Estate reports in a number of towns around the Metrowest area including Hopkinton, Holliston, and Ashland Massachusetts.

After working on my reports over the last few days I saw something that came as somewhat of a mild surprise. Sales in the month of November were up substantially year over year as compared to 2008! For the full story see What's up with Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate.

A $42-million low- and moderate-income senior housing development, which includes $2.9 million in federal stimulus funds, broke ground Monday amid picketing from local union construction workers who protested the project's hiring of non-union, non-local contractors and subcontractors.

"Iran ,'' a documentary that examines the role of the American media in providing - or failing to provide - the public with relevant and accurate information regarding relations between the United States and Iran, will be shown Tuesday, at 7 p.m. in the Ashland Public Library's community room.

The problem: A two-year-old who learned that a screaming fit usually resulted in a toy.

With a Foxwoods-type casino potentially in the offing for Milford, Ashland is the latest neighbor to raise concerns about the idea, the MetroWest Daily News reports.

Challenge & Fun Inc. is an wholesale importer/distributor that has been located in Ashland for over 10 years.

The Ashland Massachusetts Real Estate market report for October 2009 has just been released.

Click the link to see what is going on in the Ashland Real Estate market.

Westborough is the latest area community to develop its own regulations to better manage the impact of residential and commercial development on local wetlands and watersheds.