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Library gift deal advances as FEMA deadline nears

Nahant Select Board advances library gift deal as FEMA deadline looms over 40 Steps repair. From our own coverage: Select Board hits snag finalizing FY27 tax rate; Select Board advances library gift deal, fields complaints.

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Real Estate

Nahant's top sale clears $1.7 million as two prices still pending

Three Nahant properties changed hands between Sept. 4 and Oct. 3, according to Essex South Registry of Deeds records. Prices were recorded for two of the three: a Castle Road condo unit sold for $1,750,000 and a Lodge Road unit sold for $840,000, for a median of $1,295,000. A third sale…

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Top Nahant Home Sale Hits $840,000 as September Deeds Record

Nahant recorded two home sales between Aug. 28 and Sept. 26, according to Essex South Registry of Deeds records. Prices ranged from $415,000 to $840,000, with a median of $627,500. The top sale was 10 Lodge Road, Lot 4, which sold for $840,000 on Sept. 4 to David A. Grissom from a selle…

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Real Estate

Nahant's Priciest Recorded Sale Reaches $965,000 Amid Thin August Data

Nahant recorded five property sales between Aug. 21 and Sept. 19. Among the three sales with reported prices, figures ranged from $415,000 to $965,000, with a median of $840,000. The period's top transaction was 26 Karolyn Circle, which sold for $965,000. Two sales, at 12 Lafayette Terr…

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of September 7 through September 13, 2026

Two Nahant obituaries were published this week: Hanson, Constance ("Connie"), 88, who died September 9 at Care One in Peabody, and Ryder, John E., 89, a 1955 graduate of St. John's Preparatory School who died August 2 in North Palm Beach, FL. Notices were posted to Legacy.com through Ca…

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Real Estate

Nahant's three disclosed sales this period span $415,000 to $965,000

Five properties changed hands in Nahant between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, per Essex County Registry of Deeds records, with sale prices disclosed in three of five transactions. Disclosed prices ranged from $415,000 to $965,000, with a median of $840,000. The period's top recorded sale was 26…

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of August 31, 2026 through September 6, 2026

This week's Nahant obituary notices column carries two names: Desmond (Ayles), Sandra Kathryn, and Ryder, John E. Sandra Kathryn Desmond (Ayles), 88, a longtime Nahant resident, was the widow of the late Daniel Desmond and is survived by her sons Daniel and David. John E. Ryder, 89, of …

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