Once MA's Most Expensive Home, Mansion Sells For $23M: Patch PM

Today is Friday, Sept. 4. Here are some of the top stories we are covering.

The Brookline mansion built by Reebok founder Paul Fireman has sold after four years on the market and multiple price cuts.

The estate includes nearly 27,000 interior square feet among its eight bedrooms, seven bathrooms and five half-bathrooms. It first hit the market in 2016 with a $90 million price tag.

Realtor.com reports the home's asking price was reduced to $69 million in early 2019 and to $38 million later in the year. Most recently, the house had been marked down to $33 million.

Read the full story here and see the full listing here

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Auchincloss Wins MA 4th District House Primary

More than two days after polls closed, Newton City Council Jake Auchincloss was declared the winner of the 4th Congressional District Democratic primary, besting Jesse Mermell by about 1.3 percentage points.

Auchincloss will now move ahead to face Julie Hall, the winner of the 4th District Republican primary, on Nov. 3 for the chance to replace outgoing U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy.

"I'm honored that the people of #MA04 have chosen me as the Democratic nominee for Congress," Auchincloss said in a tweet early Friday morning. "We won 25 of the 34 cities and towns across the district, a testament to the strong, full-district campaign we built."

Judge OKs Extradition For MA Men Accused Of Helping Exec Escape

Two American men accused of smuggling Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan while he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges can be extradited, a federal judge ruled Friday.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell issued a ruling approving the extradition of Michael Taylor, a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran, and his son Peter Taylor, but the final decision rests with the State Department.

The Taylors are wanted by Japan so they can be tried on charges that they helped Ghosn flee the country last year with the former Nissan boss tucked away in a box on a private jet. The flight went first to Turkey, then to Lebanon, where Ghosn has citizenship but which has no extradition treaty with Japan.

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