Government · Select Board
Select Board Backs $1 Million Library Funding Ask
Nahant Select Board moves toward a fall special town meeting on a $1 million library match.
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Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of July 27, 2026 through August 2, 2026
One Nahant obituary was recorded this week: D'Orlando, Richard, 77, who died July 28, 2026. Arrangements are under the care of Caggiano Funeral Home – Winthrop, with the notice posted to Echovita. No other funeral-home or aggregator source checked this week — Legacy.com, Tribute Archive…
Real Estate
Nahant July home sale tops $2 million as median reaches $1.5 million
Eight deeds were recorded in Nahant between July 3 and Aug. 1, according to the Essex County Southern District Registry of Deeds. Five of the eight listed a sale price, ranging from $667,000 to $2,070,000, with a median of $1,500,000 among disclosed sales. The period's top transaction w…
Government · Zoning Board of Appeals
ZBA approves special permit for Fallon Way house
The Nahant Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously to grant a special permit for rebuilding a house at 10 Fallon Way after finding the road is a public way.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of July 20 through July 26
Four Nahant obituary notices were published this week: Hiland, Anne Marie; Mahoney, Kate L.; Richardson, Edith Elizabeth; and Shurtleff, William Haydon. All were identified in their obituaries as Nahant, Massachusetts residents. Notices were drawn from Echovita's Massachusetts obituary …
Real Estate
Nahant Sale Prices Range Widely as Two Deals Top $1.5 Million
Nahant recorded seven property transfers between June 26 and July 25, though only three disclosed a sale price, ranging from $450,000 to $1,700,000 with a median of $1,500,000. The period's top sale was 51 Fox Hill Rd, which sold for $1,700,000 to David F. Fougere. Four of the seven dee…
Real Estate
Nahant Home Sale Reaches $1.7 Million as June-July Prices Span Wide Range
Nahant recorded five property transfers between June 19 and July 18, four with disclosed prices ranging from $450,000 to $1.7 million and a median of $1.24 million. The month's top sale was 51 Fox Hill Rd at $1,700,000, sold by Eight One Eight Design & Development LLC to David F. Fouger…
Morning Brief
Boston Globe Spotlights Nahant Home in Ocean-View Feature
A Nahant Cape-style house drew regional attention this week after the Boston Globe featured it in a July 17 magazine spread on North Shore ocean-view homes. The Globe's piece, "Enjoy ocean views and sea breezes from these North Shore homes," singled out a small white home on Lennox Road…
Government · Select Board
Select Board Approves $5.7M Bond Note Sale
Nahant Select Board OKs $5.7 million bond sale, debates $2.1 million Coast Guard windfall. Members Patty Carras, Pat O'Reilly and Rob Thibault voted 3-0 to sell $5,721,084 in bond anticipation notes to Truist Securities and to adopt FY27 water, sewer and trash rates, with trash rising 6 percent.
Government · Select Board
Nahant Select Board sees budget cuts after override fails
Nahant's override fails by about 24 votes, town warns of fiscal 2028 cuts. The town administrator told the Select Board the failed measure, trimmed from an original request topping $2 million, would have funded a school position and raised below-market town salaries, not just fire staffing.
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