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Around Amherst: Park work, housing rehab, service programs getting block grant help By SCOTT MERZBACH AMHERST — Projects to improve access to Groff Park, modernize several affordable apartments and assist local businesses are being funded through an $825,000 Community Development Block Grant.   Amherst officials recently learned that the town will get the money to pay for a new multi-use path on Mill Lane, get the Watson Farms apartments up to current specifications, and have 25 microent...

Tampa-based Southport Financial Services expects to buy the unused parking structure at the edge of Springfield at the end of May for site redevelopment into Parkview Commons. Southport Financial Senior Vice President Michael Molinari said March 11 that construction of the 122-unit affordable rental community should start by the end of 2021 for completion in a year. The almost 1.5-acre site is at 901 N. Main St., bordered by Main, State, Ocean and Orange streets, in the Springfield area north o...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On Wednesday, March 10, the House passed the Senate-approved version of H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, on a 220-211 vote (title-by-title summary available here). No Republicans supported the bill, and one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), opposed the bill. Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR), who previously voted against the bill, voted to support the measure, which aims to accelera...

The revised COVID-19 relief bill provides more than $120 billion in direct K-12 public school aid and could reach President Biden quickly.

SHANNON • More than $400,000 in federal money will allow the city of Shannon to expand its natural gas service south past the city limits. Phase 1 of the project will add more than 140 households in the Pine Grove community. Later phases will reach out further into southwest Lee County and even into Monroe and Chickasaw counties. The initial funding will come from a $429,000 Community Development Block Grant. Because the project will serve low to middle income residents, many of them elder...

The City of Wilkes-Barre demolished a longtime eyesore Thursday in the southern section of the city. A demolition crew from Brdaric Excavating made quick work of the two-story home at 101-103 Westminster St. The city redevelopment authority purchased the home at a 2001 tax sale for $5,900, and the property had been a problematic eyesore for several years — as far back as 2005, according to Citizens’ Voice archives. The city acquired the property in 2015, according to Luzerne County as...

President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is facing a much smaller $618 billion counterproposal by a group of 10 Republicans, and the plans widely vary in their details. See: Republicans...

Save to favorites See President Biden’s cabinet picks below and learn how they are likely to affect K-12 education. Agriculture Former Iowa Governor and former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks during an event on Nov. 23, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa.Justin Hayworth/AP Biden’s pick to lead the Agriculture Department, former Secretary Tom Vilsack, held the same role in the Obama administration. In his previous tenure, Vilsack played a key role in implementing and defending heighte...

Acadiana childcare centers still feeling impact of COVID-19. See how theyre coping © SCOTT CLAUSE/USA TODAY Network Lunchtime at Sugar n Spice Preschool in Lafayette, La. January 19, 2021 Child care centers are tasked with meeting several critical needs. Not only are they preschools with the aim of preparing kids for kindergarten, both academically and socially, but they also are the only way many parents are able to hold a job. The COVID-19 pandemic made meeting those needs that much harder...