Construction is currently underway for 128 age-restricted housing units at the former Henry T. Wing School on Water Street in Sandwich. Tentatively, applications will be accepted for a housing lottery between March 1 and May 1, 2025 with occupancy of the units planned for September, 2025. 80% of the units will be set aside as affordable housing. Look for advertising for the housing lottery in the next couple of weeks! For questions about applying for the lottery, contact HallKeen Management at 781-915-3055.
Housing Lottery Applications Soon to be Available for the Commons at Wing
The Starfish Story:
Making a Difference, One at a Time
A young man is walking along the ocean and sees a beach on which thousands and thousands of starfish have washed ashore. Further along he sees an old man, walking slowly and stooping often, picking up one starfish after another and tossing each one gently into the ocean. “Why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?” he asks. “Because the sun is up and the tide is going out and if I don’t throw them further in, they will die.”
“But, old man, don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it! You can’t possibly save them all, you can’t even save one-tenth of them. In fact, even if you work all day, your efforts won’t make any difference at all.” The old man listened calmly and then bent down to pick up another starfish and threw it into the sea. “It made a difference to that one.”
~Loren Eisley