The United States Bankruptcy Court announced that as of May 1, 2014 residents of seven Boston suburbs will henceforth file their cases at the courthouse in Worcester.
The affected municipalities are ASHLAND, FRAMINGHAM, HOLLISTON, BELLINGHAM, FRANKLIN, and MEDWAY. The most significant is Framingham, a city of 68,000 twenty miles west of Boston, and the same distance east of Worcester.
The decision also affects where debtors will go for the meeting of creditors in their case. This might be a modest benefit to them: a spot in a parking garage in Boston can run $30 – $40 or even higher. Paid parking in Worcester? About $2 – $3……..
by Doug Beaton