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Natick: Town Meeting moves closer to new deveolpment at former St. Patrick’s School

10/29/2020

 
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Article by Henry Schwan for the MetroWest Daily News (October 28, 2020)

NATICK — A proposed mixed-use development at the site of the former St. Patrick’s School is potentially closer to becoming reality after Town Meeting overwhelmingly approved two measures Tuesday night.

A 122-11 vote — with two abstentions — supported a zoning change, sponsored by the Select Board, that extends the downtown mixed-use district to include 45 East Central St., the site of the former St. Patrick’s School.

Developer Stonegate Group plans to tear down the former school and replace it with a building that includes commercial space on the ground floor and residential apartments on the upper floors. The property was zoned residential before Tuesday’s night’s vote.

The second vote, 129-5, approved a home rule petition — sponsored by the Select Board — that grants a liquor license to 45 East Central St. State lawmakers must ultimately sign off on the petition. Stonegate Group said it needed the license to entice a restaurant to lease space on the ground floor of its planned building.

The liquor license request was included in a development agreement the board signed with Stonegate Group back in February.

Julian Munnich, a Town Meeting member who sits on the Planning Board, criticized the article that called for the zoning change. Munnich referenced the development agreement the board signed with Stonegate Group, questioning whether there was sufficient public comment before it was reached.

Munnich favors an alternative zoning change for 45 East Central St. that is expected to be presented at Thursday’s virtual Town Meeting. It is sponsored by Munnich, and calls for the creation of the East Central Overlay District.
“We have ways of doing this more public, more open, to protect other people’s interest,” Munnich said.

Town officials and some neighbors said all discussions about a zoning change were held in public. Neighborhood meetings with town officials and the developer were also held.

“This has been a long and collaborative process with many stakeholders, including the abutters (that live near the proposed development),” said Select Board Chairman Jonathan Freedman.

The development includes a total of 54 residential units — 46 in the main building that replaces the St. Patrick’s School, plus eight in four two-family townhouses on properties behind the main building. There will also be an underground parking garage.

Twenty-five percent of the total units (14) will be classified as affordable housing — 11 for those who earn 80% of the area median income, which is the middle number of all incomes for a given area. Three are reserved for those that earn 30% to 50% of the AMI.

All 54 units would count toward the town’s affordable housing stock, because they are rentals.

Stonegate bought the former school, and three lots — 4 and 6 Lincoln St. and 5 Wilson St. — in 2015 for
​$3.4 million from the Archdiocese of Boston. All four parcels total 1.8 acres, and will encompass the project.


Framingham startup DetraPel steps up in coronavirus fight

4/9/2020

 
One of Stonegate Group's brightest commercial tenants is DetraPel, a start-up company who manufactures cleaning products locally in their Framingham warehouse.

​This talented group has recently switched gears and is now producing products that can safely be used to disinfect and sanitize hard surfaces against 140+ organisms, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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You can read about them in the MetroWest Daily News article below and check out their website (www.detrapel.com) for more details.

Be well and be safe!
​​written by Thomas Maye for MetroWest Daily News (photo credit: Daily News and Wicked Local / Art Illman)
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FRAMINGHAM - It was only two years ago that DetraPel Inc. and its young founder, David Zamarin, earned a $200,000 investment from Mark Cuban and Lori Grenier after an appearance on “Shark Tank.”

Now the Blandin Avenue startup that sells stain-protectant sprays is earning kudos for its contributions to the community during the global pandemic.

DetraPel’s six-person team has shifted “98% of (their) energy” to making disinfectant products to help local community organizations, according to Marketing Manager Ania Scott.

“We are doing all that we can, but we really hope other small companies think about pivoting their day-to-day operations to help the fight” against coronavirus, she said.

The seven-year-old company has grown significantly since Zamarin, then just 19 (he was 15 when he founded the company in 2013), showed its fabric protectors on “Shark Tank,” winning over Cuban and Grenier. But as it has moved its focus to making disinfectants, Scott said the company’s team has been forced to scale back production on their main-selling products.

DetraPel has ordered new machinery to automate the disinfectant manufacturing process, ramped up production, and is working day and night “to get this stuff out the door, because we know how important this is to get out to the community,” Scott said.

The company is also working with Mayor Yvonne Spicer’s office to make hand sanitizer for the Framingham Fire Department.

Scott said the process will take at least two weeks, as the company needs to work with suppliers to get materials and have the product approved by the FDA.

“It’s a completely different formulation that requires FDA approval, and we just got our FDA facility approval overnight, basically,” she said. “Everything is slow now, unfortunately.”

Scott said it was too early in the process to determine the monetary value of the planned donation.

Acting Fire Chief Michael Dutcher, who along with Mayor Yvonne Spicer visited DetraPel’s Blandin Avenue production facility on Thursday, was thrilled.


“It’s great (that) a local company has changed their direction on the fly like this,” Dutcher said. “They saw a need in the community. They saw there was a need and they’re going to be able to fill that void.”

Dutcher said the company has already donated some cleaner and disinfectant to the Framingham Fire Department.

Consumers can buy disinfectant through DetraPel’s website, but much of the stock will be donated to nearby hospitals, fire stations, grocery stores and other places with essential workers, she said.

“We’re taking any donation inquiries we can from the local community,” Scott said. While larger retailers have expressed interest in buying DetraPel’s disinfectant products, the company has turned down those offers to focus on donations.

“We’re being careful not to over-promise,” she said.

Scott added that there’s a widespread shortage of the raw chemicals required to make the hospital-grade disinfectant formula, which is based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Environmental Protection Agency recommendations.

“Despite being a small business, we’re constantly working with our chemical suppliers to try to expand our product lineup to include valuable products that are imperative in this time of crisis. The more we can produce, the more we’ll be able to donate ... We’re definitely going to do the most we can.”

Through these challenges, Scott said she felt immense pride at other small, local businesses who’ve helped in coronavirus efforts, and in the dedication of the company she’s come to call home.

“I’m happy to be part of such a small team of some of the hardest-working, kindest people I know,” she said.

St. Patricks Development Project Public Meeting (Feb. 25th from 4-7 pm)

2/24/2020

 
There will be a public meeting in an Open House format from 4:00-7:00 pm on Tuesday February 25th, 2020 on the third floor of the Natick Town Hall at 13 E. Central Street.

At this forum, we will welcome your opinions and questions as well as provide further information about the development project.

This is the first of several opportunities for you to provide your input.

Additionally, Public Hearings will take place before the Planning Board, Zoning Board & Finance Committee. All of these bodies welcome written comments as well as ones made in person.
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We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday evening for our Open House!

Natick: Developer plans restaurant, housing for former St. Patrick's School

2/13/2020

 

Written by Henry Schwan for the MetroWest Daily News (February 13, 2020)

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Photo credit:  MetroWest Daily News Staff Photo / Henry Schwan

​Natick-based developer Stonegate Group, LLC, wants to tear down the former St. Patrick’s school on East Central Street, and replace it with a mixed-use development.

NATICK – A developer plans to tear down the former St. Patrick’s School, which has sat vacant for at least five years on East Central Street near downtown, and replace it with a mixed-use development that includes a restaurant, housing and an underground parking garage.

Selectmen unanimously approved a development agreement Monday night.

“Nothing is approved,” board Chairman Michael Hickey said in stressing that the agreement does not represent a final decision. Several layers of additional local and state approval are also necessary.

Developer Stonegate Group, LLC, in Natick plans to build up to 54 rental units, 25% classified as affordable.

Stonegate President Dean Calivas laid out the details - one building on East Central Street that includes ground-level retail and 46 rental units above on an undetermined number of floors; plus, four two-family town homes located behind the building.

Stonegate bought the former school, and three lots - 4 and 6 Lincoln St. and 5 Wilson St. – in 2015 for $3.4 million from the Archdiocese of Boston. All four parcels total 1.8 acres, and will encompass the project.

One motivation for the project, Hickey said, is to maintain Natick’s total housing stock at 10% affordable. The town is just over the threshold, and adding more affordable units should help guarantee Natick stays there after the 2020 U.S. census is complete. Because all units would be rentals, all would count toward the town’s affordable housing stock, said James Freas, Natick’s director of Community and Economic Development.

Communities below the 10% mark are susceptible to hostile 40B projects that allow a developer to bypass some local regulations to build projects bigger than a community wants.

The Stonegate project is a so-called “friendly 40B,” which gives the town more influence over the project’s outcome, Hickey said.

Calivas said 20% of the affordable units are available to families who earn 30-50% of the Area Median Income, which is the middle number of all incomes for a given area. The rest of the affordable units are for those that earn 80% of the AMI.

To facilitate the project, selectmen will sponsor two articles at Town Meeting in April. Both must pass to move the project forward.

One extends the downtown mixed-use zone to include land for the Stonegate project. Currently, the 1.8 acres are zoned residential.

The second article grants a liquor license to the site, which is necessary to put a restaurant on the ground floor.

Even with Town Meeting approval, Calivas said there are other hurdles to clear, including approval from the state Attorney General’s Office, final qualification as a 40B project and clearance from the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals.

Calivas hopes to break ground in the spring of 2021, and said a community meeting on Feb. 25 will solicit community feedback. A time and location haven’t been determined.

Natick’s 2030 Master Plan, developed by the town, calls for a vibrant downtown that includes more housing, with shops and restaurants within walking distance. According to Hickey, projects like the one planned by Stonegate fit the bill.
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“We’re responding to what the community says it wants,” Hickey said.


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Modern Relik Just Opened a Stunning Showroom in the South End  (485 Harrison Ave.)

11/27/2019

 

Article written by Rachel Kashdan for Boston Magazine

Looking for a fun challenge? Try not to touch anything at Modern Relik’s new 6,000 square-foot home showroom. Located on Harrison Avenue in the South End, the space teems with plush furnishings and chic accessories. Thankfully, running your hands over everything in the store isn’t just okay—it’s encouraged.

Owner and designer Meg Kimball’s philosophy is to give customers a “sensory experience,” she says, which starts with a European-style coffee bar located in the front of the store and continues to the back, where vintage and new pieces in covetable textures and finishes flawlessly intermingle. “My overall concept is to create something that’s new and different—more experience-oriented—and give people a reason to get off the couch and come in,” Kimball says.

After converting Modern Relik’s two-year-old Waltham location to a trade-only showroom, Kimball came across this expansive raw space near SoWa Open Market, and it instantly “screamed our name” she says.

With a location secured and a concept for a new open-to-the-public shop in mind, she then recruited restaurateur Michela Larson to help her add food and drink to the equation in the form of a café called MOD Espresso. The goal? To entice even non-shoppers to come in off the street for coffee from La Colombe, MEM tea, and bites ranging from toasts made with Clear Flour bread to Toscanini’s ice cream sandwiches, all served on Modern Relik’s own dishware. “I didn’t want something that just felt like I was putting a Starbucks up at the front of the store,” Kimball explains. “I wanted it to be really integrated.” Across from the coffee bar, the showroom also features a floral shop with a selection of seasonal blooms and decorative vessels, as well as a floor-to-ceiling display of design-themed Rizzoli coffee-table books.

Head further back into the expansive space, though, and that’s where you’ll find Kimball’s treasure trove: an array of eye-catching vintage and new furniture, décor, textiles, and gifts designed both by her own company, as well as artisans the owner discovered while traveling the globe. Shoppers can buy right off the floor, but nearly every piece is customizable, too.

All of the goods are displayed in curated-yet-approachable vignettes (think: a dreamy cream-hued bedroom or a group of beautifully styled tablescapes) that make it easy to imagine yourself sleeping, dining, or kicking back in every single setup. And luckily, if you need a little help making that vision a reality, the showroom’s in-house design team, led by design director John Dransfield, formerly of Dransfield & Ross, can assist on projects big and small.

With the store being open just over a week, Kimball says its debut has fulfilled a “lifelong dream,” adding that the team couldn’t be happier with the reception so far. “People are thrilled,” Kimball says. “We’re finding it very fun and invigorating.”

​ Peek inside the showroom below.  (Photo credits:  Melissa Ostrow)

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Framingham Is Open for Business -  92 Blandin Avenue

7/1/2019

 

From the Framingham Economic Development & Industrial Corporation's (EDIC) July 1, 2019 newsletter
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​Since purchasing 92 Blandin Avenue in 2015, the Stonegate Group has made a number of important improvements to the property, including a new roof, signage, parking lot improvements, various building improvements, energy-efficient lighting as well as a 1,070kW rooftop solar energy system completed in 2018.  

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​Shortly after acquiring the property, the occupancy rate dipped to the mid-30% range. Today the building is over 90% occupied with one remaining unit available for lease (a 22,454 square foot high-bay industrial space). 
 
The businesses at 92 Blandin Ave are a diverse group including Phoenix Trading Company (retail), DetraPel (tech) and the MetroWest Dance Academy (creative economy). This month, Choose Framingham spoke with representatives of these companies to learn more about them. Other companies at this location include Show Rig Boston, Philips Lifeline, West Springfield Auto Parts, C&R Flooring, and United Way of Tri-County. 
 
Phoenix Trading Company

Marc Cohen, the President of Phoenix Trading Company, talked about why they have found Framingham to be the ideal location to grow the company.
 
Tell us a little about Phoenix Trading Company - what do you do?
Phoenix Trading Company (PTC) is a direct-to-consumer (B2C), online retailer of off-price merchandise. The Company sells a wide variety of branded merchandise, but specializes in plus size women's apparel, health & beauty products and home goods. Our primary sales channels are online, 3rd-party marketplaces such as eBay, Sears, Walmart, and Kmart among a few others.
 
Tell us a little more about your history - how did you start and why did you end up choosing Framingham as a location? 
In 1999, I left my career as an engineer in the defense industry to join a dotcom. When the "bubble" burst, I picked up the pieces, subleased 700 sq ft from a machine shop, and started Phoenix Trading. Our space requirements grew over the years, and now we occupy 18,000 sq ft here on Blandin Ave. The space is ideal for our operation, super cost-effective, with good access to a hard-working labor force.
 
Describe how you benefit from being in the space on Blandin Avenue and what you like best about that location.
The space itself is very efficient for us. It's an old building, but there have been significant upgrades. There is plenty of room for the tractor-trailers which pull up to our docks weekly. There is also a great selection of interesting little restaurants when I need a quick lunch.
 
What do your employees like best about being located in Framingham?
The staff appreciates the easy access. About half of our people live in Framingham, the others, including myself, live east of here. The reverse commuter traffic and proximity to major roadways makes it an easy commute.
 
Customers can find them online at or follow them on Facebook.
 
DetraPel
Choose Framingham also caught up with David Zamarin at DetraPel to find out more about his growing tech company.
 
Tell us a little about DetraPel.
Our company manufactures superhydrophobic non-toxic coatings that prolong the life of your favorite belongings. Using innovative nanotechnology, DetraPel liquid repellents create harmless, PFAS-Free, invisible barriers that protect your items from damage caused by water, other liquids and even food! The benefits and surfaces are endless based on the technology. Whether you want to protect your white carpet from wine stains, your new shoes from getting dirty outside, or your car seats from morning rush-hour coffee spills, DetraPel has got you covered. 
 
DetraPel's guiding philosophy lies in our commitment to provide non-toxic protective coatings that do not contain harmful fluorochemicals. Unlike the vast amount of carcinogenic chemicals currently present in widely used products from other manufacturers, we reject incorporating toxic components in our production. We have developed a line of products that people can use without the fear of harming themselves, their children, friends, pets or planet. We believe our ability to lead by example will make a significant impact on the chemical manufacturing industry.
 
What brought you to Framingham?
When looking for a place to settle our headquarters in, we looked for striking the right partnership with the right people. Stonegate Group was a big portion of the reason we chose Framingham. The environment and central location was key for manufacturing and logistics. Overall, we were convinced that we could attract talent to our Shark-Tank featured company and could retain the talent because of the area. With Framingham's expansion plans, we expect our growth to interdependently work with the local government and hope that we can give back to the families of Framingham.
 
You can find more information about DetralPel at their website or on Facebook or Twitter.
 
MetroWest Dance Academy
Choose Framingham lastly caught up with Gemma Williams, the Director of Metrowest Dance Academy.
 
What type of space were you looking for?
I had been looking for a very large open plan space to house dance studios and sizeable reception area so that families would have the space to relax while waiting for their children. I found just that at 92 Blandin Avenue and additionally the space is entirely lined with huge windows throwing natural light across the whole length of the school.  We love it!
 
Why did you choose Framingham?

The site is situated very close to downtown and this means that families can enjoy the local area as they wait. We have students from Framingham and surrounding towns that can easily drive to our studio. We also employ teachers and trainee teachers from Boston Conservatory at Berklee that use the commuter rail in downtown Framingham, which is only a 10-minute walk away. 
 
For more information on the unit still available for lease, contact Marlene Aron of Metrowest Commercial Real Estate. 

Natick's Buttercup offers farm-to-table dishes

6/9/2018

 
Written by Henry Schwan for Wicked Local Natick on June 9, 2018.  Edited for space purposes
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A husband-and-wife team opened a restaurant in Natick. It’s their second venture into the restaurant world.

NATICK – The owner of the town’s newest restaurant needs a double shot of espresso in the morning.

Dora Tavel-Sanchez Luz made it herself, standing behind the bar at Buttercup, 13 West Central St. in Natick Center.

It gives her a boost of energy to get through a long day. Luz gulps down a quadruple shot over ice later in the day, a few hours before Buttercup opens for dinner. She needs both because her days are jammed-packed with duties, including running her other restaurant, The Farmhouse in Needham.

Luz was dressed in a Farmhouse sweatshirt and sweatpants while working Thursday morning at Buttercup. She said she works out every day, eats a healthy salad for lunch at The Farmhouse, and lives on only a couple of hours of sleep nightly.

Strong espresso must be her secret ingredient.

Business and life partner
Luz’s business and life partner is her husband, Gabriel Sanchez Luz. They met in New York City while Dora pursued an acting career. That lasted 12 years, and to help pay the bills, Dora worked as a waitress. In one of those restaurants, Gabriel worked in the kitchen, and a love connection formed.

They eventually moved around – the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, then to Mexico where Gabriel grew up. Over time, they had two children, Sophie and GianMarco.

Then it was time to move back home. Dora grew up in Wellesley, and she and Gabriel saved up enough money to start a restaurant.

They opened the Farmhouse five years ago. The Buttercup opened last week, and both locations are “super busy,” Dora said.

Farm-to-table
Both are farm-to-table establishments, a popular trend in the local restaurant scene. When asked what separates her restaurants from the competition, Dora said she and Gabriel have a close relationship with several local farms.

Gabriel’s dishes have a French influence, and Dora pointed out his sauces are not overpowering, which can be the case in some French cooking.

Gabriel’s specialty is fish, especially center-cut Halibut, and it’s on the Buttercup menu. There are also fish tacos, short ribs, and what Dora called “delicious” chicken.

Buttercup’s interior is divided between a bar area and a dining room, and there’s an outdoor patio with seating. Total seating capacity throughout is more than 100, and Buttercup has a 10-year lease in the refurbished American Legion Building.

Two features in the interior excite Dora – an original brick wall from the American Legion Building and a barn door that hides the less glamorous side of the restaurant business. It’s where cleaning supplies are kept.

​Passion
Farm-to-table makes sense for Dora, because her passion is farming.  She and Gabriel live in Framingham, where they run Sun Washed Farm, a three-quarter acre plot on their property that supplies vegetables in Buttercup’s dishes.

For now, Dora and Gabriel don’t have much time to do anything but tend to their restaurants and their kids. However, Dora does have what she called a “pipe dream.”

She loves her farm in Framingham, but would one day like a bigger one.

There’s also a second dream – she wants to own a cow.

“I do want that cow, maybe two, and they need to be black and white,” Dora said with a smile.


Farm-to-table restaurant coming to Natick Center

12/28/2017

 

written by Brian Benson, originally published in the Metrowest Daily News on December 27, 2017.

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​NATICK - Food aficionados will have a new reason to visit Natick Center next year as a new restaurant prepares to bring fresh food from the farm to diners’ tables.

The restaurant, to be called “buttercup,” will fill part of the recently renovated and expanded former American Legion building at 13 West Central St. Dora Tavel-Sanchez Luz and her husband, Gabriel Sanchez Luz, hope their latest eatery will become a neighborhood gem.

“I’m confident we can become that,” said Tavel-Sanchez Luz. “That’s our goal.”

They started “the farmhouse” in N
eedham as a farm-to-table restaurant. They hope to bring a similar concept, but with different dishes, to Natick Center this spring.

The new restaurant, which will at least initially only be open for dinner, will take up two of the three storefronts along West Central Street. It will have about 100 seats spread among a dining area, bar and outdoor patio. Steve DeMasco’s Shaolin Studios, a martial arts school, is establishing a new location in a space accessible via the Summer Street alley.

Both new businesses should bring people to downtown, said Athena Pandolf, executive director of the Natick Center Cultural District.

The restaurant’s farm-to-table emphasis offers something different for the area. It should complement the existing downtown restaurants, Pandolf said.

“It’s going to be a real draw to people coming into Natick. It’s going to be exciting for the residents to go to some place new.”

Natick-based Stonegate Group completed renovations and construction at the building in the fall, creating space for businesses as well as 11 apartments.

“We are very appreciative of the Natick community’s enthusiastic support of our efforts to bring new and different businesses to our town,” Dean Calivas, chief operating officer at Stonegate Group, said in a statement. “This new restaurant will be an asset to the current revitalization of Natick Center, and we hope that their presence in the heart of the downtown district will encourage other businesses to look to Natick as a wonderful opportunity to set down roots.”

Calivas praised Tavel-Sanchez Luz and Sanchez Luz, saying “their reputation for high-quality, locally grown farm-to-table food speaks for itself.”

They opened the Needham restaurant in 2013 and use food they grow as well as products from other local farms. They plan to farm in South Natick. The couple plans to run a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for opening the Natick eatery.

Relying on locally grown food means the menu must change based on what is available. But, servers can tell diners the story of where their food came from and fresh food simply tastes better, Tavel-Sanchez Luz said.
“That’s who we are. I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

For more information about the new restaurant, email eatbuttercup@gmail.com. More information about 13 West Central St. is available at www.stonegatellc.com.

Happy 300th Birthday Westborough!

9/14/2017

 
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The Westborough Dairy Queen staff (and mascot Curly) were proud to march in the Westborough 300th Birthday Parade on September 9th, 2017.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Westborough!!

Westborough Police & Fire departments hold "meet and greet" with young fans

5/14/2017

 
Originally published in the Westborough Community Advocate on May 14, 2017.
(Article written by Bonnie Adams, Managing Director) Edited for space purposes.
Westborough – The young residents of the Park Village apartment complex got a special treat the morning of May 13 when members of the Westborough Police and Fire departments stopped by for a “meet and greet” event.

The event was organized by Police Lt. Todd Minardi as a way, he said, to help kids get to know some of the officials and let them know they could count on them if they ever needed help.   The kids were given the opportunity to check out a police cruiser and fire truck as well.

The officers also took the opportunity to discuss with parents and caregivers how to best protect themselves from the increasing amount of scams that have been occurring online as well as via cell phone calls.

“We just want to help provide them with information so they don’t get victimized,” Minardi said. “Unfortunately scammers are becoming more sophisticated and because so many are based out of the country, there’s really not much that we can do once a person has been victimized. So we want to give them tools so that does not happen.”


For information on scams and how to best protect yourself, visit www.mass.gov/ago/consumer-resources/consumer-information/scams-and-identity-theft/cca.
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