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Nahant Scores Funding For Cemetery Vehicle
Town Administrator Tony Barletta, various department heads, and the Select Board were joined by State Sen. Brendan Crighton, State Rep. Sean Reid and former State Rep. Peter Capano, who helped secure funding for a new cemetery vehicle. Thanks to the help of a legislative earmark budget for $50,000, the town was able to purchase a
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‘Bell-To-Bell’ School Smartphone Ban Across MA Pushed In State Senate Bill
As many individual districts have weighed and enacted their own versions of student smartphone restrictions in recent years, one North Shore state senator is proposing a “sustained, daylong separation from smartphones,” which he called a “bell-to-bell” ban, in all districts across the state. State Sen. Brendan Crighton (D-Lynn) offered testimony before the Joint Committee on
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Does Mass. Need An Official Marine Flora? Eelgrass Fans Say: Yes
Massachusetts already has an official state muffin (corn), beverage (cranberry juice) and game bird (wild turkey), among many other state symbols. Now eelgrass may become the official marine flora of Massachusetts. The effort is thanks to two North Shore teenagers — and a handful of eelgrass supporters — seeking recognition for this little-known, but important, plant.
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Lynn and Nahant Share Better Beaches Funding
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay awarded the City of Lynn and the Town of Nahant $31,500 in grants to host free beach events and programs throughout the summer. The grant funding comes from the organization’s Better Beaches Program Partnership with the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). Better Beaches works with communities to create free
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Lynn Gets Share of $15M for Adult Transit
The City has received $100,000 from the state Community Transit Grant Program, funding that will be used to connect residents to transportation options. The grant was one of 56 totaling $5.8 million awarded for projects that expand and enhance mobility for older adults, people with disabilities, and low-income individuals across Massachusetts. The funding will allow
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Fostering A Safe Space For At-Risk Youth
Harborlight Homes and The Haven Project welcomed community members into the Catalyst Housing building at 65 Munroe St. Friday morning to listen to a series of speakers, experience self-guided tours of some units on the third and fourth floors and celebrate the project’s completion with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Catalyst Housing is a collaborative housing
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Mass. Should Say: ‘Yes in God’s Backyard’
In the United States, there has been a significant decline of religious affiliation, leading to an enormous number of shrinking congregations left to try and maintain large buildings and surplus land. But new legislation would add Massachusetts to the list of states seeking an innovative solution to make it easier by developing those excess assets
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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Nearly $1 Million to Five Ipswich River Communities to Improve Water Supply and Treat PFAS
The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $950,000 in grants today to help five communities enhance their public water supplies, improve water availability, and remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from drinking water. PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” are persistent and harmful chemicals that can cause adverse health outcomes. The grants, administered by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
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Marblehead Woman Spearheads Legislative Bills
Rory McCarthy, a Marblehead resident with multiple autoimmune diseases, was one of more than 200 people who were sexually abused by Dr. Derrick Todd of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. McCarthy said Todd would schedule her and other patients either in the very early morning or very early evening — “when no one else was around”
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Lynnfield DPW Awarded $85,400 Community Compact IT Grant
The Town of Lynnfield Department of Public Works (DPW) has been awarded $85,400 in state funding through the Community Compact Information Technology (IT) Grant Program. The funding award, which was recently announced by the Executive Office for Administration & Finance and the Division of Local Services, will pay for the town’s purchase, installation and creation