The best Massachusetts newsletters

Jeff Raymond's personal newsletter from Millbury, Massachusetts mixes local commentary, town politics, family anecdotes and history asides. Readers get a conversational, first-person take on small-town life and regional civic affairs.

Burlington Buzz is a nonpartisan local news source covering government, elections and community affairs in Burlington, Massachusetts. Its recent issues explain the town's proposed first charter and set out its editorial and letters policy, alongside a reader letter arguing against a ballot question on top-two primaries.

Updates from MALT, a queer housing cooperative in Massachusetts, covering upcoming community events, housing openings and changes to how the co-op runs. Readers get a look at the community's day-to-day life, construction progress and plans for incorporation.

GoXplr publishes illustrated histories of abandoned and off-the-beaten-path places in Massachusetts, such as a disused railroad tunnel, a closed observation tower and a wartime bunker. Each issue covers a site's origins, decline and current condition.