But it's what happened at the property that thrust this town of 25,000 into the national spotlight during the Karen Read trial. "It's been crazy," said Shauna Moroney who works in the town. "People are coming in on little tours on buses thinking it's a party.

Hours after Karen Read was acquitted Wednesday for the murder of her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer by striking him with her car in a snowstorm in 2022, the two bars here where the couple partied that fatal night were largely quiet.

While many say they are glad it’s finally over, others say the case has caused division not only for residents but for local businesses.