This data would be a lot more helpful if it was done by county. People who live closer to major metropolitan areas tend to have lower bmi's.

It's probably more cost effective to work as a substitute teacher than a Para. The rates vary by district but paras make very little, like $14 bad.

Depending on what you teach could depend on where you end up. STEM teachers seem to be the most in demand. Some districts are what I call starter districts with high turnover or people who move on to another district. The pay may seem like a lot compared to Texas but we do have a high cost of living here. All public schools have their contracts available online.

With all the discussion around housing or lack thereof in MA, I decided to post this. Delete if already posted.

02/10/2023

Correction: This story has been corrected to reflect that the Beverly Planning Board on Monday night will set the date for a public hearing on this proposal but will not discuss the proposal on Monday.BEVERLY — A developer has proposed building a three-story apartment building on top of the MBTA parking garage on Rantoul Street.

Barnat Development President Sarah Barnat said the building would be connected to the current Holmes Beverly apartment building and would have 70 apartments.

“It’s a creative and thoughtful way of adding more units around the train station,” Barnat said.

The MBTA garage opened in 2014 across the street from the Beverly Depot and was designed to support up to four levels of development on top of it. Barnat’s company signed a 99-year-lease with the MBTA for the right to build on the land in front of the garage and above it.

The Holmes Beverly apartment building was built in front of the garage at 110 Rantoul St. and opened in 2019. It has 67 apartments, with the restaurant Frank located on the ground floor.

According to an application filed with the city, the new building would be a three-story, 70,000-square-foot addition to the Holmes Beverly building. It would have 70 apartments, with a least eight of them qualified as affordable housing.

The two buildings would be connected by an internal pedestrian passageway. Barnat said the new building would not be higher than the existing Holmes Beverly building.

The proposal comes as several landowners and developers have filed applications with the city in anticipation of possible zoning changes that would limit the height of new buildings in the downtown area. Barnat said she filed the plans “in order to secure the as-of-right zoning we currently have.”

“At a time when new, transit-oriented housing is needed to support our growing economy, it is critical to move forward with long-planned for projects,” she said.

The Beverly Planning Board on Monday night will set a date to hold a public hearing on the proposal but will not discuss the proposal on Monday.

Coffee time in Salem has a flag out when they have them available.

My understanding of this law is that if cities/ towns choose to ignore this, they are only forfeiting grant money for certain projects. However, it seems that it would make it easier for a developer to build in cities/ towns if they met the guidelines despite community resistance for cities / towns on the defined map. Is that a correct reading of this?

I fought a ticket once in Lowell and won. There are certain intersections where police give out so many tickets that they didn't bother fighting it. This was for going through a red light.

We moved out of a condo that previously had electric heating. Last January we paid $850 for 3500 kWh and we were not living there. We were waiting for the paperwork and inspections to be cleared up. When we first moved in I actually called national grid because I though a $600 bill was a mistake and they informed me that was close to the previous residents bill.

What district did you end up in?

I would pick an area and contact some daycare centers. Some can be under 2k but others are over. The older the child the lower the price and most have different prices depending on if you do 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10 hrs a day. Some provide meals and snacks and others do not. I would also point out " good" is subjective. For some people good only has a Montessori or Primrose label.

How much do you have budgeted for childcare? Many cities/towns do not offer pre k. Also, apply to daycare early, many are very competitive because they have few openings.

https://www.publicprek.com/state/massachusetts

What subject do you teach? Some jobs have very few and competitive openings.

When I was teaching, Reading was seen as good. I went to a teaching job fair at Northeastern and the line for Reading was significant. OP sounds like someone not from this state and Reading with the tax income has the ability to be better.

Unless you have some previous teaching experience you will find it hard to break into the more desirable districts. Andover, Reading, and Lexington come to mind. They often want good young teachers with 4 - 6 years experience. Too much and they have to pay you more. Cities can pay well but come with problems Cities deal with. They often receive more funding from the state if they serve larger low income communities.

I do not know which state you are coming from but city/town taxes pay for the schools. The lower the tax rate the possible more difficulty funding the schools.

You can also look on DESE ( department of elementary and secondary education) for how much each town spends per pupil. It can give you some framework of how supported is per location.

I had an inspection done last week and they mentioned the shops are being recorded by the state doing the inspections now.

Some towns have dumps where non residents can pay a disposal fee to leave mattresses.

First, I'm not supporting these corporations in any way. Do they use shell companies or hired people to buy the property where it goes back to them on the paperwork so people are not aware they are selling to a Blackrock or other corporation?