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, […]
Maura Healey
‘How we help communities help themselves’
LEOMINSTER — Gov. Maura Healey visited the city on Thursday to announce the latest round of Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action Grants, totaling over $50 million. The grants support community-driven climate resilience planning and action ranging from flooding to extreme heat and sea level rise and will be distributed to more than 70 projects across […]
Migrant shelter costs expected to exceed $1B for the next several years, state predicts
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration expects to spend more money than originally anticipated over the next year on the emergency shelter system housing migrants and local families, according to revised estimates released this month.
State could spend ‘upwards’ of $800K to renovate Norfolk prison turned shelter
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration could spend “upwards” of $800,000 to renovate and improve a former prison in Norfolk that was tapped earlier this year to house migrant families, many of whom were sleeping at Logan Airport, according to local and state officials briefed on the matter.
Massachusetts emergency shelter spending topped $700M last month, report says
Massachusetts spending on the emergency shelter system housing migrant families and local residents surpassed $700 million last month, according to a report released Monday by Gov. Maura Healey’s administration.
Mass. State Police may face ‘additional scrutiny’ after conduct in Karen Read murder case, colonel says
Top brass at the Massachusetts State Police made clear Tuesday they expect to face “additional scrutiny” as a result of damaging remarks made by the lead detective who oversaw the investigation into allegations that Karen Read murdered her Boston cop boyfriend.
