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Healey administration promotes housing development incentive program for Gateway Cities
The Healey administration has unveiled $27 million worth of new tax credits to support housing developments across the state, potentially supporting hundreds of new housing units. Governor Maura Healey was in Lowell Tuesday to announce new Housing Development Incentive Program awards for more than a dozen developments across the Commonwealth.
Lowell to Receive $2.5-million HDIP Award
Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll visit Lowell City Hall Tuesday to announce the 2024 Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP) awards. As part of the announcement, InsideLowell has learned the Mill City is slated to receive a $2.5-million award. A Beacon Hill source tells us the investment will create 50 new housing units in the historic Hildreth Building, located at 45 Merrimack Street in Downtown.
Investment Platform Buying Lowell’s Business Outlook
Capital Analytics, an integrated media platform that provides comprehensive investment knowledge to external investors and the global business community, is shining a spotlight on the Mill City. On Monday the site published an interview with Lowell Mayor Danny Rourke. As part of the discussion, Capital Analytics and Mayor Rourke focused...
Homelessness Problem In Lowell Causing Ongoing Issues For Businesses
LOWELL, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — The homelessness issue in Downtown Lowell is causing problems for some small business owners in the community. Many of them have voiced complaints to the City of Lowell for years, as vagrants in particular will sleep on doorsteps and publicly relieve themselves outside of businesses, actions which have driven customers away.
Genther Signs with High Point Rockers
LOWELL, Mass. – Senior Fritz Genther (Kingston, N.Y.) has signed with the High Point Rockers of the Atlantic League, the MLB's premier professional partner league. "As a program, we are really excited for Fritz. He worked hard to get this opportunity and it's well deserved," said head coach Nick Barese. "Fritz will go down as one of the best players to ever come through our program. Hopefully this is the beginning of a long and successful professional career."
Bulgarian Community Seeking a Permanent House of Worship
For years, the local Bulgarian community hasn’t had a house of worship to call its own. “It’s kind of killing all the efforts throughout all the generations that Bulgarians had put into preserving the faith and passing it on,” said Maria Rahneva. “It’s not only faith … the church plays a huge role in the upbringing of the next generation, [in] preserving the literature and passing on values, and there’s no place right now.”
Jerod Mayo introducing element at Patriots practice that Bill Belichick avoided
Since Robert Kraft named Jerod Mayo the next head coach of the New England Patriots, there have been high expectations regarding the types of changes he will implement, some of which are long needed. Because Bill Belichick had run things the same way for over twenty years, the idea of...
Man dragged by car, robbed at gunpoint trying to buy vape cartridges, police say
A man was robbed at gunpoint and dragged by a car in December after he was trying to buy vape cartridges in Massachusetts, according to the Tewksbury Police Department. Isaiah Polston, 19, of Chelmsford, now faces multiple charges, including assault with a dangerous weapon (firearm), in connection with the robbery, the police department said in a press release.
Massachusetts gas prices rose from last week: See how much here
State gas prices rose last week and reached an average of $3.46 per gallon of regular fuel on Monday, up from last week's price of $3.40 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The average fuel price in state has fallen about 4 cents since last month. According...
Beacon Hills may help homeowners whose foundations are crumbling
BOSTON - Homeowners across the state who rallied on Beacon Hill asking for help to pay for their crumbling foundations may soon see some relief.Why are foundations crumbling?Thursday night, state senators approved an amendment to the Affordable Housing Act that will create a fund for Massachusetts residents whose foundations are failing. The problem is a natural mineral called pyrrhotite, which eventually causes concrete foundations to crumble - and insurance doesn't cover the costs. The state now mandates quarries to test their product for pyrrhotite."The next step is finding the best methods for funding this effort," State Sen. Peter Durant, R-Spencer,...
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.”
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