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  • August 16, 2007

    Creating a Village to Foster a Child

    AS a psychotherapist, Wendy Gannett thought she was well equipped to adopt children from the foster care system. ”I worked with troubled kids and I saw the horrors,” she said. ”I knew firsthand how trying it was.”

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  • June 16, 2007

    Veridian Village Gears Up

    AMHERST – Construction could start this fall on 120 housing units for people over 50 who are willing to pay $400,000 to $650,000 to be part of an academic community.

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  • January 1, 2007

    Cultural Renaissance

    Like many of its East Coast counterparts, the city of Haverhill, located in northeastern Massachusetts, is enjoying a renaissance.

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  • October 23, 2006

    Repton Place Condominiums a Natural Fit in Watertown

    Repton Place, a new condominium development, is currently under construction in the heart of Watertown. As much attention is being placed on the surroundings as on the buildings themselves.

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  • March 19, 2006

    Still, a Beacon for Affordable Housing

    The Beacon Companies’ history includes development of Boston landmarks such as Rowes Wharf and One Post Office Square, as well as rental housing. Due to the unexpected death last March of Edwin Sidman, a member of the founding Leventhal family, the company was renamed Beacon Communities and is now headed by Howard Cohen, a Beacon veteran.

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  • February 12, 2006

    Haverhill is the Picture of Progress

    HAVERHILL — This small city on the Merrimack River is poised for its second renaissance. From the ruins of a great fire more than a century ago rose a clutch of factory buildings that gave the downtown an intimate industrial feel.

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