Boston Mayor Marty Walsh buys new home, listed at $699K, in Dorchester ... - MassLive.com
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh earlier this month bought a new home in Lower Mills, and is set to move out of the area he grew up in. He will be moving from a duplex in Savin Hill he has owned since 1999 and into a four-bedroom, three-bath home that is... The new home, which features a wraparound deck, is located on the busy corner of Butler Street and Richmond Street and in what was once considered the "center of the chocolate universe," according to a local newspaper. The move was first reported by the Dorchester Reporter , the neighborhood newspaper. The new home is near the Milton border, a few blocks away from Boston's Mattapan neighborhood, and close to the Neponset River. Walsh is moving into the Lower Mills home with his longtime girlfriend, Lorrie Higgins. Walsh, a former union chief, has owned the home on Tuttle Street in Savin Hill since 1999. He was elected as a state representative from Boston's Dorchester neighborhood in 1997. The Tuttle Street home is a short walk away from the three-decker he... "I love Savin Hill," Walsh, who won the Boston mayoral election in 2013, said. "I love the area I grew up in. I mean, I grew up in St. Margaret's Parish, and moved from there to Savin Hill, a few blocks away. Bill Forry is the publisher for the Dorchester Reporter, and his wife is Linda Dorcena Forry, a state senator who represents Dorchester, Mattapan and South Boston. Source: www.masslive.com
