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Present and future on display during celebration at Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell  By Aaron Curtis LOWELL — For the previous 15 years, this 5,500-square-foot blocked-off section of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell held what Executive Director Joe Hungler described as an empty “rusted out pool.” On Thursday, that formerly decayed old space was once again… Read more »

Local nonprofits reliant on federal funding brace for government shutdown By Matt Pritchard A government shutdown is looming in Washington and that has groups like the Greater Lawrence Action Council in Lawrence, Massachusetts, bracing for the worst. “The staff is worried about it and of course our clients are worried about it,” said CEO Evelyn Friedman. The nonprofit group… Read more »

Republican clown show in D.C. will bring real pain in Massachusetts By Yvonne Abraham This is going to be very bad. After last week’s Republican clown show in Washington (their words, not mine), a government shutdown is now looking inevitable. Utterly controlled by the nihilistic Trump cultists who now run his party, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has little to no chance of getting… Read more »

Mass. Democrats blast impeachment inquiry By Christian M Wade BOSTON — Members of the state’s all-Democrat congressional delegation are blasting Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s plans to conduct impeachment proceedings against Democratic President Joe Biden. On Tuesday, McCarthy announced he is directing a House committee to open an impeachment inquiry into Biden over his… Read more »

On 5th anniversary of gas disaster, lawmakers call for tough pipeline safety rules By Christian M Wade On the fifth anniversary of the Merrimack Valley gas disaster, members of the state’s congressional delegation are pressuring federal regulators to set tough new safety restrictions on natural gas pipeline projects. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline… Read more »

Editorial: Federal funding critical for Westford mill development Returning vestiges of our industrial past onto the tax rolls has become a key element of a community’s development. Mass. Mills in downtown Lowell and The Mill complex at 73 Princeton St. in North Chelmsford demonstrate how to create residential and commercial uses out of structures no longer needed for their intended… Read more »

Lori Trahan highlights $9.6M in federal funding for Route 3A improvements in Billerica By Peter Currier BILLERICA — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan and town officials announced Wednesday that Billerica will receive more than $9.6 million in federal funding from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for the ongoing project to rehabilitate Boston Road. The sounds of… Read more »

Trahan: 50K homes eligible for cheaper broadband LOWELL — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan highlighted enhanced broadband access in the 3rd District last week as a result of the American Rescue Plan and the Bipartisan Infrastructure. Rep. Trahan, a member of the Regional Leadership Council, published a report from the Regional Leadership Council that details the savings families in the 3rd… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Trahan, Local and State Officials to Celebrate Federal Help for Reuse of Former CREST School Congresswoman Lori Trahan is expected to join Methuen officials this afternoon to celebrate receipt of $8.4 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act money and $2.9 million in federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund money for a new Methuen pre-kindergarten… Read more »

Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $65 Million in Community Development Block Grants in Gardner   GARDNER – Today, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll and Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities Edward Augustus Jr. joined Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson, members of the local legislative delegation, and municipal leaders from across the state to… Read more »