Middlesex Mortgage News

Christie Fires N.J. Education Chief After Grant Error
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie fired his education commissioner today, three days after a failed attempt to win $400 million in federal aid.

Going once ... going twice ... canceled!
AYER -- About 10 people turned out at 10 a.m. on the sidewalk near 12 Pleasant Street on Aug.

Northwest Ohio mirrors nation as home sales plummet to 15-year low
BLADE STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON - Sales of previously occupied homes in the United States fell 27 percent in July, the weakest showing in 15 years, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. The monthly drop was the largest in the four decades that records have been kept, and the plunge sent the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to a seven-week low. The S&P 500 tumbled 1.5 percent to ...

Erie County Real Estate Transactions
Following are real estate transactions over $5,000 as listed in records of the Erie County clerk’s office for the week ending July 18. A. Feldman; Kathleen E. Meacham to C&F Brothers, $120,000.

Republican candidates square off in Chelmsford debate
Republican hopefuls for the 3rd Middlesex state Senate and 5th Congressional District tackled issues ranging from the economy both the state and national healthcare systems in a debate in Chelmsford Tuesday night.

Judge weighing demolition bid by city
WOBURN -- A superior court judge is considering whether to keep the wrecking ball at bay for a 130-year-old dilapidated factory building on Payne Street that Lowell officials want to demolish. Middlesex Superior Court Judge Dennis Curran on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order to John Daley, a trustee of 51 Payne St.

CENTURY 21 Worden & Green Welcomes James "Jake" McCormick
HILLSBOROUGH — Century 21 Worden & Green is pleased to announce James "Jake" McCormick has joined its firm as a sales associate.

Middlesex County median home prices rise about 4 percent in second quarter 2010
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — The median price for an existing single-family house in the area that includes Middlesex County rose 4.3 percent in the second quarter, a boost helped in part by the now-expired federal homebuyer tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Mitigation for Tufts Street site contaminated by dry cleaner almost complete
For 47 years ending in 2002, the rectangular white building at 50 Tufts St. was a depot and storage facility for a toxic chemical used in dry cleaning. Now, an environmental consultant hired by that dry-cleaning company is entering the final phase of documenting and mitigating the toxic effects on the East Somerville neighborhood.

University of Cumbria students will finish courses £35,000 in debt
NEW University of Cumbria students are expected to finish their courses £35,000 in debt, which will make them the fifth worst-off graduates in Britain.