You might also want to stop by the Historical Society to see what documentation they have on it. While they probably won't have blueprints or things like that, they probably have images of it through the years that would explain some of the alterations through the years.

Don’t ask your realtor. They’re incentivized to make the sale. They could be totally in your court (they’re supposed to be). But they know most/all the inspectors and will likely steer you to one that gets the deal through and. Ot make too many problems. YMMV but general rule is get your own and do your own research. Especially on a very old house.

Have you tried contacting greencrab.org

Kerry Allard must still be “working from home” i.e. gorging on Hot Pockets and binging reality TV.

It took about 8-10 weeks for us, and no one came out to check anything. We were asked to submit additional paperwork, which may have delayed things.

Tautog love green crabs. Harvest them and sell for bait

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You know, as I recall MA also protects Mute Swans for some fucking reason.

It’s a distinction without a difference. You don’t need a permit but you do need permission

Yep. I mean it's already happening, I know several people who are giving them away, but, the goal is to Decriminalize that.

> give them away state wide.

umm, yeah.

This seems weird. Why would a harvest permit be needed for an invasive species? Good way to hamstring any efforts to eliminate it. Standard practice is to make invasive species fair game 24/7. Kill all you want.

This is...unusual

It's been hit or miss for a couple years now.

Historical aspects notwithstanding, I have had 3 inspections done by Ken Arnold of Ahearn Inspection Services. My RE agent recommended him as the best she had ever worked with and we were very happy with the jobs he did.

(edited to add: properties were in Northampton, Easthampton, Holyoke)

Thank you

No

Except green crabs are edible. Which is why it is all very confusing. It is like the Division says if not native then not edible and "lalalalalalalala" with fingers stuck in their ears.

Even the MA general law about taking green crabs say the only thing you do with them is either destroy them or use them as bait. No other uses are mentioned, let alone consumption.

Before the state legalized it

Wendell got their legal weed in the end, that's how

No. You have to know people who grow them and get them that way. Some of us are working to make it so that it's legal to grow them and give them away state wide. As of right now there is no push that I'm aware of to make selling legal.

How so,you mean like all the illegal grows in the forest.

I had a friend who was walking in Wendell state forest some years ago and found a canabis patch but was confronted by a man with a rifle wearing camoflage.

Yeah but it was Wendell who had the last laugh

I'm not from metro Boston but drugs are regulated by the state and federal government and not by municipality.

So no ,here is an article very recent about the possibility of certain hallucinogens being legal soon but not now.Municipalities can't make there own drug laws.35 years ago the town of Wendell made pot legal and the state right away said no way.

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2023/01/23/could-magic-mushrooms-become-legal-in-mass-lawmakers-are-looking-into-it

I’m not coming til June but yeah lol

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