Massachusetts
Nantucket beachfront home sells for an absurdly low price — but there’s a catch
A house on the beach in Nantucket, Massachusetts, was purchased for a stunningly low price in a recent real estate transaction, the Nantucket Current reported.
The sale price for the beachfront property, located in the Madaket area, was $600,000, according to the outlet.
The transaction went through February.
The Nantucket Current, citing the houseâs listing broker, Susan Shepherd, reported factors that contributed to the $600,000 price included the seller wanting to “turn the page” and offload the home and the propertyâs significant exposure to beach erosion.
The sale price was $1.6 million less than what the seller had sought when it was first listed.
The house originally hit the market at $2.295 million but later had its price incrementally lowered to that six-figure amount, according to Zillow.
The home features four bedrooms and two full bathrooms with an outdoor deck, a listing from Shepherd Real Estate showed.
The seller acquired the home in 2021 for $1.65 million, according to property records.
It was most recently purchased by Brendan Maddigan, the Nantucket Current reported.
Reducing the asking price to $600,000 brought a deluge of inquiries from potential buyers.
“Itâs a gamble, but I got comfortable with the risk. Itâs a losing battle, and I have no certainty around the time that it will eventually â or maybe not â that erosion will take out that house. I looked at it as, âIf I could have that spot for a few years, hopefully a little longer, and do everything I can to make it last, Iâll be happy,â” Maddigan told the outlet.
In February, Nantucket homes on the market had a median asking price of $4.6 million, according to Realtor.com.
The median sale price was $3.6 million.
The title of most-expensive single-family house sale on Nantucket belongs to a massive Monomoy home that went for $42 million in late September, according to reports.
Massachusetts
Mass stranding of bottlenose dolphins off Cape Cod said to be largest in Massachusetts history
Rescuers were working to save around 30 bottlenose dolphins that got stranded off the coast of Cape Cod early Monday morning. It is the largest known stranding of bottlenose dolphins off Massachusetts, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).
The dolphins had become stranded between First Light and Ellis Landing in Brewster at about 5:30 a.m. when they came in with the tide. A woman noticed the animals and reported it. The IFAW quickly responded to the area, but five to six of the marine mammals died before help arrived.
The IFAW worked throughout the day on Monday to get the mammals away from the shoreline before the next low tide at 5:13 p.m. They said late Monday afternoon that they were still successfully being steered away.
“Our team remains in the area to monitor and herd the animals away from shore,” an IFAW spokesperson said. “We know these events can sometimes repeat in the coming hours and days, but we remain hopeful.”
The organization said it had seen an uptick in bottlenose dolphins becoming stranded off Cape Cod in the last few years.
“Bottlenose dolphins are typically an offshore species,” the spokesperson said.
They asked that anyone who encounters a stranded or distressed marine mammal not get close and never drag or push the animal back into the water.
“Similar to a person involved in a car accident, dolphins can become injured and exhausted during a stranding event,” the IFAW said.
Instead, they recommend calling their IFAW stranding hotline at 508-743-9548.
A man has died following an apparent drowning at a pond in Randolph, Massachusetts, on Sunday.
The Randolph police and fire departments received a 911 call at around 4 p.m. for a swimmer in distress in the water on Pond Street, according to the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office..
Firefighters located the man a short time later, officials added, and he was taken by ambulance to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The Kingston Fire Department had said just before 4 p.m. that their dive team was activated for a missing swimmer in Randolph, but that the activation was canceled after the swimmer was located.
Further information is not being released at this time, including the man’s name.
Massachusetts State Police detectives and the Randolph Police Department are investigating.
Firefighters in Lawrence, Massachusetts are working to contain a fire that damaged at least three buildings on Sunday afternoon.
Lawrence Fire Chief Patrick Delaney said they received multiple 911 calls about the buildings on fire at the intersection of Haverhill and Margin Street at about 12:45 p.m.
When firefighters arrived, there were three occupied multi-family buildings with heavy fire.
“Crews did an excellent job once they arrived on scene to make sure we did a primary search of all three buildings, make sure everybody was out,” Chief Delaney said.
No injuries have been reported. It is unclear how many people have been displaced from the three buildings that were on fire.
Chief Delaney said the firefighters were impacted by the hot weather.
“The crews are working extremely hard, they’re taking a lot of heat in all three fire buildings and we’re trying to get crews in here to make sure that they’re safe and give them some relief,” Chief Delaney said.
Investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire. Firefighters from other nearby communities responded for mutual aid.
“We’re at a fourth alarm which brings a lot of resources to our city, but they’re well needed in a fire like this,” Chief Delaney said.
Police are asking residents to avoid the area of Haverhill Street at Margin Street because of the fire.
Lawrence, Massachusetts is a city about 30 miles north of Boston.
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