Benchmark Senior Living at Forge Hill Assisted Living Community Named Among Nation’s Best

"Benchmark Senior Living at Forge Hill, an Assisted Living and Mind & Memory Care community, has been recognized as one of the best senior living communities in both Massachusetts and the nation, earning top honors in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Senior Living ratings.

Selected from more than 800 communities statewide, Benchmark Senior Living at Forge Hill distinguished itself through exceptional feedback from residents and their families.

Forge Hill achieved “Best” status by earning the highest possible rating in Assisted Living. Survey responses highlighted outstanding performance in key areas including safety, quality of care, community leadership, staff, value and overall resident experience.

Benchmark Senior Living at Forge Hill

Forge Hill is owned and operated by Benchmark Senior Living, which manages communities across the Northeast. It is one of 49 Benchmark communities recognized this year.

“This recognition is a testament to the trust that residents and their families place in us and the extraordinary work of our associates,” said Tom Grape, founder, chairman and CEO of Benchmark Senior Living. “At Benchmark, we are driven every day to raise the standard for what senior living can and should be – creating communities where seniors truly thrive.”

Benchmark press release - 

https://weeklyvoice.com/benchmark-senior-living-at-forge-hill-assisted-living-community-named-among-nations-best-in-2026-u-s-news-world-report-senior-living-ratings-2/

US News & World Report article

https://www.usnews.com/info/blogs/press-room/articles/2026-04-14/u-s-news-world-report-honors-top-rated-communities-in-2026-best-senior-living-ratings

Franklin TV: Ornaments

Our Lives are Ornamented – with Memories

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 12/21/2025

As we amble through our allotted years we collect things. We are collectors. Doubt me? Check that cabinet of coffee cups – mugs. There’s the one from the museum of whatever – the gag mug – that mug you got as an ‘award’ from coworkers – and so on. Coffee mugs. They are ordinary – and not. They mark moments and memories. Memory mugs?

Christmas trees can ‘collect’ as well. Ornaments. Some are gifts. Scattered among the decorations, some are special memories. There are the generational hand-me-downs.

Some are especially special; handmade heirlooms passed down from parents and grandparents. Our Christmas tree is adorned with several of my mom’s crocheted snowflakes.

Then there are the ornaments that mark time, and particularly precious family moments. Michael was born in 1984.

The sled broke one year. Needless to say, it had to be repaired. Like broken ornaments, broken memories can be repaired.

This is what this season and spirit calls us to do. This is a time of joy, giving, forgiving, and perhaps being forgiven.

So, let’s raise a coffee mug of kindness yet . . . 

Then there’s my rubber cannoli. Yes, it’s lovely, because, well –  cannoli! No more need be said.

And – as always –

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