The energy bill also prohibits the Department of Public Utilities from approving contracts for pipeline capacity filed by electric companies, meaning electric ratepayers cannot be charged by their energy supplier to defray the costs of natural gas pipeline expansion.
In order to increase housing access for veterans, the bill grants veterans preference in admission for scattered site housing units where no low-income family housing was developed.
The agriculture bill provides opportunities and protections to current and prospective farmers throughout Massachusetts, increases access and availability of locally grown food products, and invests in educational and agricultural programs to further grow the industry.
The bill authorizes the Department of Energy Resources to create a new solar incentive program to promote the continued growth of the solar industry, with a particular focus on community shared, government and municipally owned, and low income solar projects.
The organizers of the Speak Out event invite young people ages 12 – 21 who identify as women to attend and tell their stories in order to inspire and impact change in the lives of others.
Will Conklin, executive director of Greenagers, is being honored for his leadership of the organization’s outdoor jobs and environmental education program for youth.
According to the Food Bank Coalition, more than 12 percent of Massachusetts residents are “food insecure,” facing regular uncertainty as to where their next meal will come from.
"Libraries, of course, have a long history of making resources freely available to everyone and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do here at BCC”.
-- Richard Felver, Director of BCC’s Jonathan Edwards Library
Bridge Street design open house
Great Barrington -- The Town of Great Barrington has received a $2.1 million MassWorks grant to make street, sidewalk, and...
State Sen. Benjamin Downing received 280 submissions from elementary and middle school students from ten different schools across western Massachusetts.
