Homes for sale in Massachusetts’ snow belt, in Fitchburg and Westminster Jon Gorey
$220,000
LAST SOLD FOR $236,000 in 2002
PROS This 1860 Victorian was once a two-family, and still lives like one, with separate utilities. The worn but detailed wraparound porch, front door with sidelights, and 10-foot ceilings with crown molding all hint at bygone grandeur. Find a half bath and a bedroom with bay windows off the entry hall; the living room also has bay windows. Two more rooms branch off the dining room, while the kitchen is basic but spacious with an adjacent full bath. Upstairs, the living and dining rooms are open to each other, while a long hall connects two bedrooms with another bath, balcony, and kitchen. A walk-up attic holds two bonus rooms.
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PRINCETON The owners of Red Apple Farm had been wanting to open a ski-thru service window on Wachusett Mountain for the past several years. But it took the COVID-19 pandemic to make it a reality, says owner Al Rose.
Employees of the popular Phillipston farm have been selling coffee, cider and doughnuts inside the Bullock Lodge, which is located about a third of the way up the mountain, for several years.
But the current restrictions and safety guidelines put in place as a result of the pandemic created a need for the implementation of an outside order and pickup window system, so that skiers and employees could maintain proper social distancing.
The Massachusetts Ski Business Is Booming As People Clamor To Get Outside
Snowboarders step off a chairlift at Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, in Princeton, Mass., in this file photo from December 2012.
(AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Good luck getting tickets this holiday period if you want to ski in Massachusetts. A combination of pent-up energy, early season snowfall and tough COVID restrictions in other New England states has pushed demand through the roof.
“As we headed into this season, we anticipated demand for skiing and snowboarding to be higher than normal,” said Tom Meyers, Director of Marketing at the Wachusett Mountain Ski Area in Princeton. “We saw anecdotally throughout the summer and fall hiking on Wachusett Mountain was probably at an all time high. And I think it was evidence of people’s desire to get outdoors for a socially distant, healthy recreational activity and we anticipated that would carry into skiing for the winter.”
Holiday Events for the Whole Family: Special displays light up the season
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HOLIDAY ART DISPLAY: The “From Russia with Art Holiday” exhibit will be on display at The Picture Place, 320A Harvard St., Brookline, through Dec. 30.
The exhibition is open from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays.
The exhibition is curated by Olesya and Jerry Koenig and Tom Coppi. Masks and social distancing are required. Etchings, oil paintings and mixed media will be on display.
Featured artists are Anatoly Dverin, Alexander Korman, Misha Lenn, Stanislav Nikireev, Alexander Vetrov, Irena Makoveeva, George Lapchinsky and Vladimir Vorobyov.