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IRS commissioner on scams, social media, and his cat
The head of the Internal Revenue Service just wrapped up his first year with the agency and he is on the road. He recently made a stop at our NBC10 Boston studios. “I'm sitting here, getting the word out, as the IRS commissioner urging residents of Massachusetts and beyond to be wary, to be skeptical that scams are on the rise,” he said.
Massachusetts Gang Members’ Murder Plot Exposed by FBI Informant
In an astonishing turn of events, a murder-for-hire plot involving two Massachusetts gang members has been disrupted after the intended hitman turned into a federal informant. This gripping case involves Kareem Pires and Elijah Melton, two individuals with a detailed criminal background in gang-related activities. Conspiracy and Charges. Pires, who...
Healey administration awards $45M to extend broadband infrastructure
FLORIDA — In Florida, a rural town in northwestern Massachusetts, high-speed broadband internet is hard to come by. “Depending on where you live in town, you might have better access to internet,” said Joan Lewis, the town’s administrator. “Sometimes that can prove to be dangerous for our emergency departments.”
Elliott Helps Secure Investments in Lowell & No. Chelmsford
The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed the Economic Development Bond Bill aimed at stimulating economic growth and fostering development across the state. The Bond Bill includes funding for remote workforce development, enhances clean energy initiatives throughout Massachusetts, provides $700 million in tax credits, grants for small business expansion, workforce training programs, and incentives for innovation and research to promote economic growth.
State awards Construct with $3.1 million grant for Cassilis Farm
Great Barrington — Construct Inc., the leading nonprofit provider of affordable housing and support services in the Southern Berkshires, has been awarded a $3.1 million grant from the Healey-Driscoll administration’s 2024 Affordable Housing Development program. The state funds will help construct and subsidize 11 units at Cassilis Farm, a Gilded Age estate in New Marlborough, making them affordable to families and workers at or below 60 percent of the area median income (AMI).
Walmart Stores In Mass. Make Major Shopping Change
It's nice to walk into a retailer of any sort and not need a cart. Half the time they seem to be malfunctioning on some level. Whether it's a wheel that is super noisy or a ball bearing frozen up, carts at Walmart can be annoying. Walmart in MA has...
Massachusetts’ largest biotech company files for second round of layoffs, over 800 affected
Takeda Pharmaceutical Inc., Massachusetts’ largest biotech company, announced a second round of layoffs late last month bringing the total number of employees affected to 861 in 2024, according to a state database. The company, which specializes in medications to treat rare diseases and cancer, employed 6,290 employees in the...
People Moving From Mass. To NH Are In For A Rude Awakening
There is one state in New England with a really low minimum wage and that lucky state is New Hampshire. Massachusetts had a plan to get the minimum wage up to $15.00 by January of 2023 and that it did. There was no planned or approved increase for Massachusetts for 2024.
Massachusetts House passes home equity legislation
Malden delegation voted to protect property owners from “equity theft”. On June 26, 2024, the Massachusetts House of Representatives unanimously passed H.4791, An Act relative to municipal tax lien procedures and protections for property owners in the Commonwealth. This bill seeks to align current Massachusetts statute with a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court while addressing the issue of delinquent tax collections – or so-called “equity theft.” The legislation secures the rights of property owners to reclaim any excess equity to which they are entitled after all taxes and fees are repaid to the municipalities following a tax foreclosure, while substantially increasing notifications and other protections for property owners throughout the foreclosure process. On June 27, the Massachusetts Senate referred the bill to its committee on Ways and Means.
Police looking for public’s help after Massachusetts real estate agent disappears
A Massachusetts realtor has disappeared, and police are looking for the public’s help. The Worcester Police Department is looking to locate sixty-year-old Amanda Pearce. She’s 5’4” and was last seen on Friday, June 28, 2024, wearing black pants, a black shirt and a black baseball cap.
"Landmark" blood transfusion saves patient before he's rushed to Boston hospital
CANTON - For the first time in Massachusetts, a whole blood transfusion saved the life of a patient before he could be brought to a hospital."Landmark event"Last Saturday, a 35-year-old man was seriously hurt in a car crash in Braintree. He was in shock, bleeding internally and his blood pressure was low. It took about 45 minutes to remove him from the wreckage.Paramedics reached out to the Canton Fire Department, which has a new field transfusion program. It was the first time a team in the state gave a whole blood transfusion to a patient in "a prehospital setting," according...
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