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HOMES: Updated duplex condo in Medway

One side of a duplex has come up for sale on 19A Evergreen St. in Medway. The only condominium fee is $500 a year for master insurance. When you go from Winthrop Street straight onto Evergreen Street and continue a couple of blocks, be

Add a touch of drama to your decor with these maximalist looks

1. All the world’s a stage so bring a touch of drama to your home by letting any original features shout and by mixing styles and textures. Jan Kath’s new Heritage collection of wool/silk mix, hand-knotted rugs will give a luxe feel underfoot and put

From Ocean to River

River cruises are a booming market and one that continues to grow. Agents who typically sell ocean cruises, however, and are looking to boost their river cruise business, need to be mindful of the significant differences between the two segments—both in how to qualify clients

Elevate Flooring Collection From Ecore

The latest collection of performance flooring products from Ecore is designed to elevate every aspect of today’s modern fitness spaces – from the entryway to the locker room. The Elevate Collection, with its portfolio of five surface offerings, provides fitness facilities with the ideal combination

The pros and cons of different flooring ideas

Need to lay down some new ground surfaces in your home? Well, then you probably already know that there’s a heap of options up for consideration: carpet, wood, vinyl, stone… the list goes one! Once upon a time carpet was chosen for the majority

Want Reclaimed Wood Flooring Without the Price Tag? Buy This

Photo: Courtesy of the Hudson Company Reclaimed wood is expensive. Think about it: Companies are delicately salvaging a part of old buildings in a way that doesn’t destroy any of the wood, and this takes time. A lot of time. And then there’s the

How Not to Write for SEO in 2018

For more than a decade, search engine optimization has been the headline topic for businesses trying to boost their website rankings. But the SEO techniques that worked 15 years ago do not work now, and many of them can actually diminish organic search rankings

THREE WATER REUSE PROJECTS RECEIVE FUNDING FROM WRF

The Water Research Foundation recently awarded contracts for three water reuse projects: Evaluating Economic and Environmental Benefits of Water Reuse for Agriculture (Reuse-16-06), FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule: Opportunities and Impacts on Potential Water Reuse for Agricultural Irrigation (Reuse-16-07), and Demonstrating Real-Time

NCAA tournament: Alabama sends home Devin Wilson, Virginia Tech

A week or two. Maybe more. It’s tough to say when Devin Wilson will be able to take a step back and let sink in the 100-some hours from the time he learned he was going home until the actual jump ball was tossed

Common passwords shared across brands leave smart home tech open to hacking

Researchers at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University have found that smart home devices can be easily hacked and then used to spy on their users. According to a research paper, Yossi Oren of Ben-Gurion University’s software and information systems engineering department said that there were a number