Massachusetts
Toll Brothers Opens New Luxury Waterfront Home Community in Hudson, Massachusetts
HUDSON, Mass., Aug. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced the opening of Lakemont by Toll Brothers, a new community of 21 single-family homes in Hudson, Massachusetts. Set against a serene waterfront backdrop, Lakemont offers luxury living in a picturesque setting close to recreation, parks, shopping, and downtown Hudson, which was recently recognized as the winner of the “America’s Main Streets” contest. Home buyers are invited to visit the Toll Brothers Sales Center located at 50 Old County Road in Hudson.
“We are excited to expand the Toll Brothers brand of luxury in the great town of Hudson with the opening of Lakemont,” said Dave Bauer, Division President of Toll Brothers in Massachusetts. “With waterfront views of Lake Boon, access to a boat launch, and proximity to downtown Hudson, this community offers an ideal blend of tranquility and convenience.”
Homeowners at Lakemont will enjoy a choice of four stunning home designs featuring 4 bedrooms, 3.5 to 6.5 baths, offices, flex rooms, finished basements, versatile lofts and more. Outdoor living options and multi-generational suites are available in select home designs. Homes are priced from $1.4 million.
Home buyers will experience one-stop shopping at the Toll Brothers Design Studio. The state-of-the-art Design Studio allows home buyers to choose from a wide array of selections to personalize their dream home with the assistance of Toll Brothers professional Design Consultants.
The community is less than two miles from downtown Hudson, offering an abundance of shopping, coffee shops, and restaurants. Commuters will appreciate convenient access to Interstates 495 and 290, and Hudson’s Main Street. Local recreation abounds at nearby Lake Boon, Assabet River Rail Trail, Pine Bluff Recreations Area, Charter Oak Country Club, and Stowe Acres Country Club.
For more information on Lakemont by Toll Brothers, prospective home buyers are invited to call (866) 232-1632 or visit TollBrothers.com/MA.
About Toll Brothers
Toll Brothers, Inc., a Fortune 500 Company, is the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes. The Company was founded 57 years ago in 1967 and became a public company in 1986. Its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TOL.” The Company serves first-time, move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, and second-home buyers, as well as urban and suburban renters. Toll Brothers builds in over 60 markets in 24 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington, as well as in the District of Columbia. The Company operates its own architectural, engineering, mortgage, title, land development, smart home technology, and landscape subsidiaries. The Company also develops master-planned and golf course communities as well as operates its own lumber distribution, house component assembly, and manufacturing operations.
In 2024, Toll Brothers marked 10 years in a row being named to the Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies™ list and the Company’s Chairman and CEO Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. was named one of 25 Top CEOs by Barron’s magazine. Toll Brothers has also been named Builder of the Year by Builder magazine and is the first two-time recipient of Builder of the Year from Professional Builder magazine. For more information visit TollBrothers.com.
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Contact: Andrea Meck | Toll Brothers, Director, Public Relations & Social Media | 215-938-8169 | ameck@tollbrothers.com
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Ex-Massachusetts officer allegedly murdered pregnant woman he groomed as teen, staged it to look like suicide
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The FBI arrested a former Massachusetts police officer on allegations he groomed a teenage girl, continued to have sex with her when she was an adult and killed her in her apartment when she told him she was pregnant with his child, staging it to look like a suicide.
A federal indictment says Matthew Farwell, 38, killed Sandra Birchmore, 23, to prevent authorities from finding out details of his sexual offenses. Farwell was arrested at a shopping plaza in the city of Revere Wednesday after he was indicted on charges he strangled Sandra Birchmore in early 2021 after she told him she was pregnant and that he was the father.
Farwell worked as an officer for the police department in Stoughton, south of Boston, for 10 years, from 2012 until 2022. It was not immediately clear why he left the department.
Birchmore began participating in the police explorers program when she was 12 years old, according to the indictment in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts. Court documents say Farwell, who was a police explorers volunteer, used his authority and access to groom, sexually exploit and then sexually abuse Birchmore when she was 15 and that he continued to have sex with her when she became an adult.
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Matthew Farwell, a former Stoughton, Mass., police officer, pleaded not guilty Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, to charges of killing a woman he is accused of sexually exploiting when she was underage. (Stoughton Police Department via AP)
“During some of the shifts when Farwell was supposed to be performing his duties as a Stoughton police officer, he was instead engaged in sex acts with Birchmore,” the indictment says.
“Farwell committed this murder, at least in part, to prevent Birchmore from disclosing to authorities information regarding his commission or possible commission of one or more crimes, including coercion and enticement, deprivation of rights under color of law and a then-ongoing wire fraud scheme,” FBI Special Agent Chenee Castruita wrote in an affidavit.
“Farwell’s murder of Birchmore was the culmination of Farwell’s years-long pattern of abuse targeting Birchmore.”
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FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Boston Stephen Kelleher, left, and acting U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy hold a news conference at the U.S. Attorney’s office in Boston Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, about the arrest and charges against former Stoughton Police Officer Matthew Farwell, who is accused of killing Sandra Birchmore. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP)
In late 2020, Birchmore found out she was pregnant and told Farwell, according to the indictment.
At a news conference Wednesday, FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Stephen Kelleher said Birchmore was excited when she found out she was pregnant and texted Farwell a poster she made celebrating the pregnancy. She had also reached out to a friend about baby clothes and to a photographer about potential baby photos, according to Kelleher.
“Matthew Farwell’s gun and badge did not grant him authority to violate the Constitution, and it certainly didn’t entitle him to sexually exploit, abuse and rape a child before killing her and her unborn baby in an attempt to cover up his alleged crimes,” Kelleher said, calling the allegations against Farwell “depraved.”
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Investigators also believe Farwell staged the apartment to make it look like she had died by suicide, Kelleher said.
The next month, a friend of Birchmore’s called the Stoughton Police Department to tell officials Farwell had been having sex with Birchmore. Farwell allegedly strangled Birchmore on about Feb. 1, 2021, and then used his police knowledge to stage her apartment to make it look as though she had killed herself, according to the indictment.
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A Mansfield woman holds a poster with a photo of Sandra Birchmore while protesting at the Norfolk district attorney’s office in Canton Aug. 21, 2023, calling for a deeper investigation into the young woman’s death. (Mark Jarret Chavous/The Enterprise/USA Today Network)
On some occasions, Farwell had been on duty when he sexually abused Birchmore as a minor, and he falsely claimed certain work hours to hide that offending behavior, court documents say.
“Farwell continued this sexual abuse after Birchmore became an adult, and he continued to engage in an extramarital sexual relationship with Birchmore until he killed her on February 1, 2021,” Castruita wrote.
Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara said Wednesday the department had worked with other agencies, including the FBI, to investigate.
“The day after Sandra Birchmore was found dead in her Canton apartment, I ordered a lengthy and aggressive internal affairs investigation, the instructions of which made it clear that no stone should be left unturned,” McNamara said in a statement. “The alleged murder of Sandra is a horrific injustice. … The allegations against the suspect, a former Stoughton Police Officer, represent the single worst act of not just professional misconduct but indeed human indecency that I have observed in a nearly three-decade career in law enforcement.”
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Farwell pleaded not guilty during an initial appearance in federal court in Boston Wednesday. He was handcuffed and led out of the room. A detention hearing is scheduled for Sept. 10, and another hearing is scheduled for Oct. 17.
If convicted of killing a witness or victim, Farwell would face a minimum sentence of life in prison. Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy on Wednesday declined to comment on whether federal authorities would seek to impose the death penalty if Farwell is found guilty, saying the decision would be made by the Department of Justice, according to The Associated Press.
Massachusetts has outlawed capital punishment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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'Crisis pregnancy centers' sue Massachusetts for campaign targeting their anti-abortion practices
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Patriots defensive linemen sack Massachusetts millionaires tax: ‘That’ll get you’
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Two Patriots defensive linemen say they are not fans of Massachusetts’ “millionaires tax,” siding with former head coach Bill Belichick that players prefer states without income taxes.
Davon Godchaux and Keion White spoke about financial freedom and literacy Wednesday on Godchaux’s “ChauxTalk” podcast, days after Belichick hinted the millionaire’s tax makes it hard for New England to sign top free agents.
“Nah, you know what pissed me off too? When I got here they got that extra 4% millionaires tax out here, too,” White told Godchaux. “That’ll get you too.”
Godchaux responded, “Absolutely. Massachusetts is bad with state taxes, too. It’s terrible. It’s right up there with New York and LA. I just heard Bill Belichick spoke about it … how it was tough to sign free agents in Massachusetts because of the state tax.
“I mean guys these days, if you can sign with a team with no state tax, then go ahead and sign with them because that’s more money you keep in your pocket,” the defensive tackle said.
The voter-approved “millionaires tax” delivered roughly $2.2 billion last fiscal year, a massive haul exceeding original projections set by Gov. Maura Healey’s administration with the surtax designated for transportation and education projects
Beacon Hill decided to spend only $1 billion in surtax revenue in the fiscal year 2024 budget and left any dollars collected beyond that threshold for reserve accounts.
Roughly $524 million went toward education initiatives including $229 million to allow those 25 and older to obtain a degree or certificate for free through any community college. Another $477 million was marked for education projects, including improving accessibility at MBTA stations.
But Godchaux and White highlighted how they’re unaware of how the tax money is being spent.
“What in the Bible says you have to pay taxes? That’s what kills me, though,” Godchaux said. “They say the tax money goes to roads and all that. The roads are still messed up. Where’s the money going? That’s the only thing I have a (problem) about.”
White agreed and brought up the importance of voting.
“A lot of the money is being spent in dumb ways,” he said. “It’s 2024, we should be able to decide where our money goes. Like every time you file your taxes, you can click programs you want to distribute your taxpayer money into.”
White, a 25-year-old defensive end picked in the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft, signed a four-year, $7.7 million contract last summer. Godchaux, 29, agreed to a two-year extension worth up to $21 million, with $16.5 million in guaranteed money, last month.
“When you get paid, when I get paid, you have federal taxes, you have state taxes, you’ve got agent fees and then you have to live off the rest,” Godchaux said. “Everybody thinks when you sign a $20 million contract that all $20 million is going to come to you, no.”
Belichick, who left Foxboro in January after a legendary run and is set to serve as a TV analyst this season, made his case Monday on ESPN’s ‘The Pat McAfee Show.’
“It’s Taxachusetts,” he said. “Virtually every player, even the practice squad, well the minimum players are pretty close to $1 million so once you hit that $1 million threshold then you pay more state tax in Massachusetts. It’s just another thing you have to contend with in negotiations up there.”
Bill Belichick: Massachusetts ‘millionaires tax’ a reason why Patriots can’t sign top NFL free agents
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