Day After Thanksgiving

As is usually the case on the day after Thanksgiving, there is not much activity here at the registry of deeds. Most customers and many employees were able to take the day off and enjoy a four day weekend. The day became even slower when the Middlesex South computer system suffered a major outage at about 11:30 a.m., forcing our Middlesex South satellite office to shut down. From our vantage point here in Lowell, it's still not clear what exactly happened, just that it's been out, it's still out, and it might not be back in operation until Monday. We have made a few adjustments to the website, adding a more prominent link to a recording fee table and writing an explanation of what data and documents are on the website called, fittingly, "What's Online?" As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions.