Becket recorded 11 property transfers between July 17 and Aug. 15, but only four listed a sale price, ranging from $27,000 to $434,700 with a median of $250,000. The period's highest-priced sale was 162 YMCA Rd., which sold for $434,700 on Aug. 3 from Robert M. Whitney to JPMorgan Chase Bank NA.
The Middle Berkshire Registry of Deeds recorded 12 Becket property transfers between July 10 and August 8, but only three had a sale price recorded: $18,997, $200,000 and $300,000, a range that sets the period's median at $200,000. The month's top transaction was 464 Long Bow Lane West, which sold…
Becket recorded 12 property deed transfers between July 3 and Aug. 1, but only three carried a sale price so far: $40,825, $100,000 and $200,000, for a median of $100,000. The month's top recorded transaction was 260 Sherwood Dr., which sold for $200,000 to Adams Community Bank.
Mass Audubon has secured more than 850 acres in Becket, calling the land crucial to regional conservation efforts. Mass Audubon leader Kristin Foresto detailed the acquisition in a Friday WAMC report on the new Berkshires property. Separately, the Becket Volunteer Fire Department announ…
Becket's free senior fitness class shifts venues for one week while the library adds a nature-themed evening program. On Friday, July 31, the class relocates to the Community Room at Becket Washington School at 9 a.m., followed at 10:30 a.m. by Creative Modern Dance with Louise. That ev…
Road and bridge work begins on County, Yokum Pond and Tyne roads as Becket eyes a summer Swap Shop opening. Crews are underway on the Yokum Pond Road bridge project and paving between Route 8 and the Becket/Lee line, according to the town's News Flash, while officials continue seeking v…
Ten properties in Becket recorded ownership transfers between June 26 and July 25, though only four listed a sale price. Among those, prices ranged from $100,000 for 96 Chippewa Drive to $600,000 for 359 Jacobs Ladder Road, the period's top sale, with a median of $393,075. Six of the 10…
Becket recorded 10 property transfers between June 19 and July 18, but only four disclosed sale prices, ranging from $75,000 to $1,250,000 with a median of $287,200. The period's highest-priced recorded transaction, at $1.25 million, was a conservation restriction on land at 398 Plumb R…
Becket recruits volunteers for a new Transfer Station swap shop opening this summer. Town officials put out a call Monday for residents to staff the reuse program, which will let people drop off and take usable household goods during regular Transfer Station hours, though no firm openin…
One Becket, Massachusetts obituary notice appears for the coverage week of July 6 through July 12, 2026. Stuart Frisbie, age 76, of Becket, died June 30, 2026. Born July 1, 1949, Mr. Frisbie was a Becket resident at the time of his death, with funeral arrangements under the care of Kell…