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Can you landlord just bust into your Massachusetts dwelling? Whether it's an apartment, duplex, condo, or house, they do have the right to enter their property. Do they always? Absolutely not. Listeners of "Slater & Marjo In The Morning" may have heard the real estate guys on Friday talk about landlords' and tenants' respective rights in Massachusetts. ...

Call me a sheep, but, I tend obey things like street signs. I was taking my children on a lil Sunday afternoon drive a couple of weekends ago when I passed Blythewood Dr. in Pittsfield. Near the residents' mailboxes on the corner of Blythewood Dr...

While perusing the world wide web recently, I came across some very interesting(and fun!) reading that I felt was so cool and strange that I just HAD to share!

Fire pits have become popular for years. But unless they are being used for cooking, they are subject to the MassDEP open burning regulation in Massachusetts.

I decided to do a little research to find out the answer. Then I wondered how many of my fellow Berkshire County residents were unsure regarding the issue.

Listeners of "Slater and Marjo In The Morning" may have heard the general manager of the local baseball team, The Suns, on the air with us. Normally, three or four times a year the organization puts on a professional display of fireworks for its fans...

Two things everyone should probably know, unless your a toddler, is the Heimlich maneuver and CPR. My interest in becoming a volunteer firefighter some years ago taught me both of these things. I'm glad I did. For the purpose of this post, I am talking about the general public, not someone who is in some way in the first responder field, whether it be professionally or volunteer...

There are two types of people in the world. There's the folks who really have trouble parting with things and there's the folks who love to throw things away. I'm absolutely the latter. I really enjoy minimalism, although I'm not a purist. 😁 I had some old carpet that was cut up into pieces that I needed to dispose of for my mother, and I was wondering about that. In bul...

No matter where you are throughout the United States, every state is going to have some laws that differ from the norm. Some might stray a little from others, but there are definitely some laws in each state that are on the fringe of complete insanity. It seems that unfortunately Massachusetts has several of those.