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Real Estate

Scituate home sales stay below $1 million through late September

Scituate recorded 11 property deeds between Sept. 4 and Oct. 3, but only three carried disclosed sale prices, ranging from $485,000 to $992,500 with a median of $845,000. The month's top transaction was 35 Grove St., which sold for $992,500 to Melissa Costello from seller SWAN LLC.

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Morning Brief

School Committee weighs new school name

Scituate's School Committee weighed a name for the district's newest elementary school after weeks of input. From our own coverage: School Committee takes up name for new elementary school; Zoning board takes up fire-razed Humarock lot case. Also in today's brief (7 items): Scituate fie…

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Morning Brief

Storm surge damages seawall along shoreline

Storm surge from this week's nor'easter damaged a seawall along the Scituate shoreline. Also in today's brief (3 items): Storm surge damages seawall along Scituate coast; Officials say Scituate weathered nor'easter with minor impacts; Resident video shows waves crashing over Scituate ho…

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of September 21, 2026 through September 27, 2026

Three Scituate-resident obituaries were published this week, September 21 through September 27, 2026: Blair, Theodore A.; Cooper, Glenn Jr.; and Gorham, Annmarie. Blair, 83, of Scituate, died September 22. Cooper, formerly of Scituate and more recently of Summerville, SC, died September…

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Government · Select Board

Select Board OKs $8.8M for Harbor, Housing

Scituate Select Board backs $8.8M in harbor park and housing borrowing. The board voted 4-1 to recommend $3,835,165 for Pier 44 Park construction, a day after the Advisory Committee rejected it 1-2, and 4-1 to commit $5 million toward the $33 million Gates Apartments affordable-housing project.

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of September 14 through September 20, 2026

This week's Scituate obituary notices include one death: Dunbar, Diane Margaret Maloney, 89, who died September 12, 2026. She was born in Fitchburg, MA, and was predeceased by her husband, Bob, after 65 years of marriage. Her notice was posted by McNamara-Sparrell Funeral Home of Cohass…

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