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Heres what will change under the new guidelines announced, which take effect immediately Published April 29, 2021 • Updated on April 30, 2021 at 1:53 pm NBCUniversal Media, LLC Chicago is set to begin a new stage in its reopening plan, allowing for a return of fans in the United Center, increased capacity limits and more as the citys COVID metrics improve and vaccinations increase. "Im thrilled to announce that we are able to broadly loosen capacity restrictions across industries, st...

Project to create safe pathways for pedestrians, bikers to launch in McCully Shared Streets pilot project (Source: Department of Transportation Services) By Elizabeth Ufi | April 28, 2021 at 9:03 PM HST - Updated April 28 at 11:08 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The city Department of Transportation Services will launch a project Saturday aimed at expanding pedestrian and bike pathways in the McCully area. The pilot project — called Shared Streets — will create an entire roadway...

Heres whats on tap for the city so far By Staff and AP • Updated on May 6, 2021 at 8:14 am NBC Universal, Inc. Chicago has announced a lineup of festivals and events set to take place this summer in the city as officials begin further reopening during the coronavirus pandemic. "Im thrilled to announce that we are able to broadly loosen capacity restrictions across industries, starting today, which allows us to welcome back fans to the United Center, reopen Navy Pier and our l...

Town of Ipswich awarded $157,850 state grant COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF IPSWICH The town of Ipswich recently announced it has received a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to help create a year-round outdoor dining and gathering space that will help support downtown businesses. The $157,850 grant will fund continuation of the Take-Out Terrace program, which seeks to create a permanent, welcoming space along the nationally-designated Essex Coastal Scenic Byway and the Ipswich...

Reply Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn is running for re-election. (Breanna for Mayor Facebook ) MEDFORD, MA — Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn announced her campaign for re-election at a socially distanced event for supporters Thursday. Lungo-Koehn addressed supporters over Zoom and was joined by representatives from the business, education and activist communities, who spoke to the mayors handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and social issues. Lungo-Koehn, a longtime city councilor, was elected mayor in No...

A new survey unveiled this week by the Reimagine Broadway effort shows that a majority of those surveyed – those that use the bus and those that don’t – approve of the idea of having a one-seat ride from Glendale Square to downtown Boston. In that survey, 442 people in Everett were surveyed online and on the street, and 277 used the bus primarily and 165 did not. However, 341 of them wanted to see the bus continue from Everett Square to downtown Boston in a dedicated lane. Another 312 wan...

Wakefield receives MassDOT funding.

Grant funding walkway improvements around Amhert’s Bangs Center GAZETTE FILE PHOTO GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 3/5/2021 10:07:21 AM AMHERST — Access to the John P. Musante Health Center will be improved and new outdoor gathering spots on Boltwood Walk are being created using money received from the state. A $192,600 grant from the Department of Transportation’s Winter Shared Streets and Spaces Program is funding the projects around the Bangs Community Center, which houses the Amherst...

New Bedford Getting $224K Grant for Downtown Improvements NEW BEDFORD — New Bedford is receiving just over $224,000 in funding to help bring people back to the downtown area as the COVID-19 pandemic hopefully continues to wane. The funding comes from the Baker-Polito Administration’s Shared Winter Streets and Spaces program, which doled out $2.8 million in the fourth round of funding to 17 municipalities. Senator Mark Montigny worked to secure the funding for New Bedford in the amount of $2...

  The shared use path will improve pedestrian and bicycle safety along Route 7/Stockbridge Road, link two community centers, and complete the last link of a 2.5-mile loop of the Fountain Pond State Park/Three Mile Hill trail system.   The Shared Winter Streets and Spaces program provides grants as small as $5,000 and as large as $500,000 for municipalities to quickly launch changes for safer walking, biking, public transit, recreation, commerce, and civic activities. These improvements ca...