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iLottery in Mass. budget deal could give way to ‘modern’ experience, director says
ILottery could soon light up Massachusetts screens after legislative negotiators included language in a compromise budget deal to make online sales legal, a move the Lottery Director said will give players a “modern lottery experience.”. The $58 billion budget plan was unveiled on Thursday and included other items like...
7 MA state senators call on Biden to withdraw from presidential race
President Joe Biden coasted through this year's primaries with members of his party united around him. But with the nominating convention scheduled for one month from Friday in Chicago, support for Biden is fragmenting and he's hearing from more and more elected Democrats that they want him to exit this year's presidential contest. "Selecting a new Democratic presidential nominee will inject badly needed excitement and grassroots energy into the party and its voters, especially young people," seven...
Stop & Shop Announces Massachusetts Closing of 8 Locations
Stop & Shop has announced it will close 32 "underperforming" stores, according to supermarketnews.com, on or before November 2, 2024, including eight Massachusetts locations. The closings reflect a move to restructure the company. The closing list does not include the locations in Amesbury, Andover, and North Andover, Massachusetts. Here's a...
Here’s where you can get National Ice Cream Day deals
To celebrate National Ice Cream Day, which falls on Sunday, July 21, many ice cream businesses and chains in the Bay State are offering discounts and free sweets to customers. See where you can partake in enjoying the holiday. Friendly’s. The Massachusetts-based family eatery is celebrating itself and National...
American Clean Power applauds Maine, Massachusetts offshore wind proposal
The American Clean Power Association (ACP) has confirmed its support for a joint proposal by the states of Maine and Massachusetts that would increase offshore wind development. The two states have submitted a proposal to ... Read More » The post American Clean Power applauds Maine, Massachusetts offshore wind proposal appeared first on Daily Energy Insider.
Blade collapse, N.Y. launch and N.J. research show uneven progress of offshore wind projects
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Three events Wednesday highlighted the uneven progress of the offshore wind industry in the Northeast, including the start of a major project in New York, research aimed at preventing environmental damage in New Jersey, and a temporary shutdown of a wind farm in Massachusetts after a broken turbine blade washed ashore on a famous beach.
Mass. RNC delegates look forward to Donald Trump speech
MILWAUKEE (WHDH) – Massachusetts delegates at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee were excited Thursday as they looked forward to Donald Trump’s much-anticipated speech on the convention’s final day. Trump will take the stage one day after his vice presidential pick, JD Vance, delivered his remarks. Trump...
ValleyBike expected to reopen bike sharing program at the end of the summer
The regional bicycle share program should resume by the end of the summer, several months later than initially planned. The ValleyBike Share program, which operated in eight communities across Western Massachusetts, has been dormant for two years after the company that had been running it went bankrupt, said Carolyn Misch, director of planning and sustainability in Northampton. Misch coordinates the program.
Moors leader receives prison time for Massachusetts standoff in 2021.
Two members of a sovereign citizens group that claimed Rhode Island as its territory face court-ordered prison terms for their roles in an armed standoff with Massachusetts State Police in 2021. The leader of Rise of the Moors, Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer, must serve three to five years in prison plus four years of probation under penalties ordered at a sentencing hearing Tuesday. ...
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