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Massachusetts awarded $472.3M to replace North Station Draw One Bridge
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) a $472.3 million National Infrastructure Project Assistance program grant to replace the North Station Draw One Bridge. The drawbridge, spanning the Charles River, was built during the 1930s and connects Boston and Cambridge. It serves approximately 11.3 million passengers annually on MBTA […] The post Massachusetts awarded $472.3M to replace North Station Draw One Bridge appeared first on Transportation Today.
Worcester Hosts Free Block Party on Saturday Sept. 28
WORCESTER – A Health and Housing Block Party on Saturday, Sept. 28, provides free health screenings and interactive workshops on housing and health at Community Healthlink, at 72 Jaques St., in the Chandler Street area. The City of Worcester Department of Economic Development Housing Development Division, the U.S. Department...
Worcester nonprofits accuse city of ‘blatant’ racial inequity in grant funding
Worcester has to decide by the end of the year how it will spend its remaining $44.3 million in federal pandemic relief money, GBH reports. With that deadline looming, some local nonprofit leaders are criticizing the city for inequitably dispersing some of the money in prior grant rounds — and urging officials to do better.
Climate protesters chain themselves to State House gate
Demonstrators say they will stay until they are arrested or their demands are met. Climate protesters chained themselves to the State House gate on Monday and Tuesday, promising to block the Hooker entrance until their demands are met or they are removed by police. Extinction Rebellion Boston members stationed themselves...
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