The situation remained tense until the blast rocked the neighborhood of mostly two-story homes and well-kept lawns.

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Big changes are likely for the tightknit shorefront community that until recently only allowed bungalows and modest two-story homes.

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The house, gray with maroon trim, was tucked closely between two other two-story homes on the residential street where many of the houses are two-family.

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There, two single-story nursing homes sit in the midst of an otherwise ordinary subdivision.

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They bought a two-story house on a street with cookie-cutter homes that range in color from brown to beige to peach.

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