The Municipal Affordable Housing Trust is contributing $11,600 to stave off bank auctions of The Inn and Great Elms, said trust member and Selectmen liaison Ron Ricci last Friday.

In its quest for Town Meeting approval from Harvard, Shirley, and Ayer that would pave the way for its redevelopment of former military housing at Vicksburg Square in Devens, Trinity Financial found itself "preaching to the choir" at a public hearing Monday night.

Officials from Harvard, Ayer, and Shirley met with representatives of utility company National Grid earlier this month in a meeting hosted by state Senator Jamie Eldridge and state Representative Jen Benson.

Part 2 of Trinity Financial President Jim Keefe's interview with the Press.