BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing the award of $6.5 million in funding to 28 municipalities and two Regional Transit Authorities (RTAs) as part of the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s Shared Streets and Spaces Program. The program provides project funding to help Massachusetts cities and towns design and implement changes to curbs, streets, […]
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Editorial: A long-overdue thank-you helps Vietnam vets heal
In itself, The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in our nation’s capital, evokes a panoply of emotions. But none compares with the reactions of those who actually served their country in that domestically divisive war a half a world away. Those fortunate enough to return home physically intact […]
Massachusetts prison guard who was knocked unconscious is reportedly denied leave by Department of Correction: ‘Completely outrageous’
Massachusetts prison guard who was knocked unconscious is reportedly denied leave by Department of Correction: ‘Completely outrageous’
Massachusetts could get pounded by several inches of rain from Debby
Massachusetts could get pounded by several inches of rain from Debby: ‘The cone tracking right over New England’
City Council eyes public health emergency around Carney closure
BOSTON — The Boston City Council is scheduled to take up a resolution Wednesday seeking an emergency declaration tied to Steward Health Care’s plan to shutter Carney Hospital at the end of the month. The resolution, sponsored by Councilors John FitzGerald and Ed Flynn, urges the city and the Boston Public Health Commission to declare […]
‘Infrastructure to serve everyone’
LEOMINSTER — The Healey-Driscoll Administration and municipal leaders last weekend celebrated the completion of a new bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Route 2 in Leominster which is now a section of the Twin Cities Rail Trail. During the ceremony on Saturday, the new bridge was dedicated in memory of former Massachusetts Congressman John W. Olver, […]
