Fall River Newspaper Leaving Fall River Office for New Bedford

The Fall River Herald News is planning to sell its headquarters in downtown Fall River and move to the office of The Standard Times of New Bedford, which is owned by the same company.

The office at 207 Pocasset Street in Fall River, which has a scissor-gate elevator, is on the market.

Tax Real Estate Sales To Build More Below-Market-Rate Housing, Left-of-Center Advocates Say
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Tax Real Estate Sales To Build More Below-Market-Rate Housing, Left-of-Center Advocates Say

NBP Staff

Below-market-rate housing advocates want the Massachusetts Legislature to allow cities and towns to add up to a 2 percent transfer tax on higher-end real estate sales in order to build more so-called affordable housing.

The fee would apply to sale prices above the statewide median sale price and to certain property sales defined as "speculative."

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