Other ZIP codes on the Cape, the Berkshires and in Worcester also rate highly. Cape Cod’s Osterville is the hottest housing market in Massachusetts — and one of the country’s hottest markets, period.

Even though Kamala Harris handily defeated Donald Trump by about 840,000 votes in Massachusetts, the former president did claim victory in dozens of local communities ...

If voters want to check if their mail-in ballot has been counted, there are online databases and hotlines to facilitate.