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Some
Public Legal Notices for Franklin and Medway filed in local
newspapers (Town of Franklin mostly posts on its own website now) and
made available to the public via the MassPublicNotices.org web
site and other sources:
PUBLIC NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROJECT: 444 East Central Street LOCATION: 444 East Central Street, Franklin, MA PROPONENT: TAG Central LLC The undersigned is submitting an Environmental Notification Form ("ENF") to the Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs on or before February 2, 2026 This will initiate review of the above project pursuant to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act ("MEPA," M.G.L. c. 30, ss. 61-62L). Copies of the ENF may be obtained from: Corinne Snowdon Epsilon Associates, Inc. 3 Mill & Main Place, Suite 250 Maynard, MA 01754 CSnowdon@epsilonassociates.com 978-897-7100 Electronic copies of the ENF are also being sent to the Conservation Commission and Planning Board of Franklin. The Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs will publish notice of the ENF in the Environmental Monitor, receive public comments on the project, and then decide if an Environmental Impact Report is required. A site visit and/or remote consultation session on the project may also be scheduled. All persons wishing to comment on the project, or to be notified of a site visit and/or remote consultation session, should email MEPA@mass.gov or the MEPA analyst listed in the Environmental Monitor. Requests for language translation or other accommodations should be directed to the same email address. Mail correspondence should be directed to the Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs, 100 Cambridge St., Suite 900, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, Attention: MEPA Office, referencing the above project. By TAG Central LLC February 5 2026
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Lewis Street Legal Notice Town of Franklin Conservation Commission Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Ch. 131, s.40 (Wetlands Protection Act), the Franklin Conservation Commission will hold a Hybrid Public Hearing on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM on a Notice of Intent filed by Norman Hill of Land Planning, Inc., North Grafton, MA on behalf of Tony Marinella of Lewis Street Realty, LLC, Franklin, MA. The applicant is proposing to construct a new single family home along with access improvements to the lot. Approximately 5,820 Square Feet (SF) of proposed work is within the 100-foot Buffer Zone to Bordering Vegetated Wetlands (BVW), of which approximately 1,559 SF is within the 25- to 50-foot Buffer Zone to BVW and 4,261 SF is within the 50- to 100-foot Buffer Zone to BVW. The Project is located at the end of Lewis Street, Map 298, Lots 113 and 114, within the Single Family IV Zoning District. The hearing will provide an open forum for the discussion. This meeting will be done remotely via the “ZOOM” platform and “In-person” in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 355 East Central Street. Residents can visit the Town Website (www.franklinma.gov) and click on the Town Calendar for up to date information on how to access the meeting. All records and files for this project can be viewed at the Conservation Office located on the first floor of the Franklin Municipal Building. Any person or organization so wishing will be afforded an opportunity to be heard. The hearing location is accessible to persons with physical disabilities. If you require a translator or accommodations for a hearing impairment, contact the Conservation Department at the Municipal Building or by calling (508) 520-4929. Mark LePage Conservation Chair
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670 KING STREET LEGAL NOTICE Town of Franklin Conservation Commission Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Ch. 131, s.40 (Wetlands Protection Act), the Franklin Conservation Commission will hold a Hybrid Public Hearing on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM on a Notice of Intent filed by Russell E. Waldron of Applied Ecological Services, Norfolk, MA on behalf of Michael Davis, Franklin, MA. The applicant is proposing to remove the existing pool and construct a detached garage. Approximately 850 Square Feet (SF) of proposed work is within the 100-foot Buffer Zone to Bordering Vegetated Wetlands (BVW), specifically within the 50- to 100-foot Buffer Zone to BVW. The Project is located on 670 King Street, Map 313, Lot 65, within the Single Family III Zoning District. The hearing will provide an open forum for the discussion. This meeting will be done remotely via the “ZOOM” platform and “In-person” in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 355 East Central Street. Residents can visit the Town Website (www.franklinma.gov) and click on the Town Calendar for up to date information on how to access the meeting. All records and files for this project can be viewed at the Conservation Office located on the first floor of the Franklin Municipal Building. Any person or organization so wishing will be afforded an opportunity to be heard. The hearing location is accessible to persons with physical disabilities. If you require a translator or accommodations for a hearing impairment, contact the Conservation Department at the Municipal Building or by calling (508) 520-4929. Mark LePage Conservation Chair
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670 KING STREET LEGAL NOTICE Town of Franklin Conservation Commission Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Ch. 131, s.40 (Wetlands Protection Act), the Franklin Conservation Commission will hold a Hybrid Public Hearing on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM on a Notice of Intent filed by Russell E. Waldron of Applied Ecological Services, Norfolk, MA on behalf of Michael Davis, Franklin, MA. The applicant is proposing to remove the existing pool and construct a detached garage. Approximately 850 Square Feet (SF) of proposed work is within the 100-foot Buffer Zone to Bordering Vegetated Wetlands (BVW), specifically within the 50- to 100-foot Buffer Zone to BVW. The Project is located on 670 King Street, Map 313, Lot 65, within the Single Family III Zoning District. The hearing will provide an open forum for the discussion. This meeting will be done remotely via the “ZOOM” platform and “In-person” in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 355 East Central Street. Residents can visit the Town Website (www.franklinma.gov) and click on the Town Calendar for up to date information on how to access the meeting. All records and files for this project can be viewed at the Conservation Office located on the first floor of the Franklin Municipal Building. Any person or organization so wishing will be afforded an opportunity to be heard. The hearing location is accessible to persons with physical disabilities. If you require a translator or accommodations for a hearing impairment, contact the Conservation Department at the Municipal Building or by calling (508) 520-4929. Mark LePage Conservation Chair
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54 Phyllis Lane, Franklin LEGAL NOTICE MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Elden Boyt Jr. and E. Bernard Boyt to Option One Mortgage Corporation, dated April 16, 2004 and registered at Norfolk County Registry District of the Land Court as Document No. 1021764 and noted on Certificate of Title No. 163819 (the “Mortgage”) of which mortgage U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-7 is the present holder by Assignment from Sand Canyon Corporation f/k/a Option One Mortgage Corporation to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-7 dated October 19, 2012 and registered as Document No. 1270621 and noted on Certificate of Title No. 163819, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 54 Phyllis Lane, Franklin, MA 02038 will be sold at a Public Auction at 2:00 PM on February 23, 2026, at the mortgaged premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: Said parcel is shown as lot numbered 21 on a plan drawn by McIntyre & Johnson Inc., Landmark, Engineering Inc. Surveyors, dated March 1, 1965, and October 20, 1967, as modified and approved by the land Court, filed in the Land Registration Office as no. 33669A, a copy of a portion of which is filed in Norfolk registry District with Certificate No. 95125, Sheet 1, Book 476. Subject to and with the benefit of rights, restrictions, easements and reservations of record, so far as now in force and applicable. For mortgagor's title see deed registered at Norfolk County Registry District of the Land Court as Document Number 948755 and Noted on Certificate of Title Number 163819. The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other municipal assessments and liens, and subject to prior liens or other enforceable encumbrances of record entitled to precedence over this mortgage, and subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of record and subject to all tenancies and/or rights of parties in possession. Terms of the Sale: Cashier's or certified check in the sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder (the mortgage holder and its designee(s) are exempt from this requirement); high bidder to sign written Memorandum of Sale upon acceptance of bid; balance of purchase price payable by certified check in thirty (30) days from the date of the sale at the offices of mortgagee's attorney, Korde & Associates, P.C., 900 Chelmsford Street, Suite 3102, Lowell, MA or such other time as may be designated by mortgagee. The description for the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. Other terms to be announced at the sale. U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-7 Korde & Associates, P.C. 900 Chelmsford Street Suite 3102 Lowell, MA 01851 (978) 256-1500 Boyt, Jr., Elden and E. Bernard Boyt, 19-036322
BOH/Keeping of Animals LEGAL NOTICE Town of Medway Board of Health Notice is hereby given that on February 2, 2026, the Medway Board of Health voted to revise a regulation entitled “Regulation of the Medway Board of Health Minimum Standards for the Keeping of Animals". The revised regulation changes the definition of an abutter. For a copy of these revised regulations, please call the Board at 508-533-3206.
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14 CIDER MILL ROAD, MEDWAY LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by 14 Cider Mill, LLC to Resource Capital, LLC, dated September 30, 2022, and recorded with the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 40847 at Page 70; as amended by a certain Notice of Amendment to Note and Loan Docs dated January 25, 2024, and recorded at the said Registry of Deeds in Boook 41718, Page 370, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 A.M. on the 27th day of February 2026, at 14 Cider Mill Road, Medway, MA 02053, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: the land in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with the buildings thereon on the southeasterly side of Cider Hill Road, a private way, being shown as Lot 9 on a plan entitled “Cider Mill Acres Definitive Subdivision Plan of Land in Medway, Mass. Applicant: Henry Wickett, Scale: 1” – 40', Date: November 30, 1987, Desimone Surveying Services, Inc.” filed with Norfolk Deeds as Plan No. 663 of 1988, Plan Book 369, to which plan reference may be had for a more particular description of the mortgaged premises. Said Lot 9 contains 44,617 S.F. according to said plan. Said premises are subject to a Temporary Turnaround and Snow Removal Easement as shown on said plan. Said premises are conveyed together with the right to pass and repass over Cider Mill Road for all purposes for which public ways are commonly used in the Town of Medway; subject, however, to the rights of others entitled thereon. For title of the Mortgagor see Deed of the Estate of Katherine Joyce Wickett – Norfolk Probate and Family Court Docket No. NO22P0657 EA dated September 23, 2022 and recorded herewith. As affected by Grant of Title 5 Bedroom Count Deed Restriction dated May 3, 2023, and recorded with the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 41176, Page 250. Premises to be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed. Terms of sale: A deposit of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by wire transfer to Ligris + Associates, P.C., 1188 Centre Street, Newton, MA 02459 within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. In the event of an error in this publication, the description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control. Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale. Resource Capital, LLC, Present holder of said mortgage, By its Attorneys, Ligris + Associates, P.C. 1188 Centre Street Newton, MA 02459 (617) 274-1500
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74 MAIN STREET LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE of PUBLIC HEARING Medway Planning and Economic Development Board For Property located at 74 Main Street Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Medway Zoning Bylaw and G.L. c. 40A that the Medway Planning and Economic Development Board (PEDB) will conduct a public hearing on February 10, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at Medway Town Hall, 155 Village Street, in Sanford Hall, to consider an application from Medway Village Food Pantry, Inc., for property located at 74 Main Street (Medway Shoppes FKA Gould's Plaza), Assessor Parcel No. 40-053, in the Central Business (CB) zoning district. A special permit is required for the operation of a food pantry; Administrative Site Plan Review is also required for the permanent installation of an outdoor walk-in cooler/freezer. Copies of the petition, floor plans, and associated materials are on file with the Medway Town Clerk and the Community and Economic Development office at Medway Town Hall and may be inspected during regular Town Hall office hours. Project information is also posted at the PEDB web page at: https://medwayma.gov/current-applications-under-review-with-pedb/ As a courtesy, Zoom access will also be provided. Zoom access instructions will be included on the agenda for the February 10th meeting, which will be posted at: https://medwayma.gov/meetings/
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252 MAIN STREET, MEDWAY LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Premises: 252 Main Street, Medway, MA 02053 By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Pamela Dy and Michael Dy to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Mortgagee, as nominee for Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns, and now held by RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing LLC, said mortgage dated May 6, 2021 and recorded in the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 39379, Page 313, said mortgage was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Mortgagee, as nominee for Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns to RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing LLC by assignment dated September 30, 2025 and recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 42683, Page 594; for breach of the conditions in said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction on March 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM Local Time upon the premises, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: The land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated at 252 Main Street, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, said premises being further described as follows: Beginning at the Southwesterly corner thereof on said Main Street at land now or formerly one Consigli; thence running Northerly with land of said Consigli, about 171 feet to a corner at land formerly of Mrs. Charles McGourty, said corner being 79 feet from a stone wall between land formerly of Willard E. Force and formerly of John Ryan; thence turning and running Easterly on land formerly of said McGourty, about 118 feet to a corner; thence turning and running Southerly on land formerly of McGourty, about 141.50 feet to said Main Street; thence turning and running Westerly on said Main Street to an iron pin at the point beginning, said pin being about 8 inches westerly of a concrete driveway. Being the premises conveyed to Pamela Dy and Michael Dy by virtue of a deed dated 09/26/2018 recorded in the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds at Book 36329, Page 171. The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. For Mortgagor's Title see deed dated September 26, 2018 and recorded in the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 36329, Page 171. TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. FIVE THOUSAND ($5,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer's or cashier's check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer's or cashier's check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Brock & Scott, PLLC 23 Messenger Street 2nd Floor Plainville, MA 02762 Attorney for RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing LLC Present Holder of the Mortgage (401) 217-8701