Moran: $480K For Andover, Lawrence, Methuen In MA House Budget Patch 8 hrs ago
Thursday, April 29, 2021 The Massachusetts House of Representatives Today passed its Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) budget. This budget responsibly responds to the needs of residents and makes investments that set the state on a path toward economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic. Funded at $47.716 billion, the House’s FY22 budget continues its strong commitment to cities and towns, and includes significant investments in education, supportive services for vulnerable populations, and workforce and economic development, among other priorities.
The House FY22 budget does not cut services nor does it raise taxes, and is made possible due to strong revenue collections, increased federal reimbursement, and by leveraging funds from the state’s Stabilization Fund. The budget does not appropriate anticipated American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds. As the House Ways & Means and Federal Stimulus committees awa
BOSTON – Thursday, April 29, 2021 –
Representatives Jack Patrick Lewis, Carmine Lawerance Gentile, Maria Duaime Robinson worked to secure wins for Framingham and the MetroWest region when passing the Massachusetts House Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) budget. This budget responds to the needs of Framingham residents and makes investments that set the state on a path toward economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic. The statewide budget funded at $47.716 billion, the House s FY22 budget continues its strong commitment to cities and towns, and includes significant investments in education, supportive services for vulnerable populations, and workforce and economic development, among other priorities. This year s budget puts needed resources into the Commonwealth to combat the emotional, educational, physical, and economic hurdles we have faced throughout the COVID-19 crisis. With emphasis on our most vulnerable populations, this budget will allow Massachusetts to quickly recover and
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Researchers Working to Turn Toxic Sewage Sludge into Renewable Energy
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Research Receives $2M from DOE to Make Wastewater Treatment Energy Neutral and Keep Billions of Pounds of Sludge Out of Landfills
Worcester Polytechnic Institute PhD candidate Heather LeClerc (foreground) and WPI PhD student David Kenney work together to seal and prepare the reactor used to produce bio-oil from toxic sludge.
“We’re taking something that is a huge energy consumer and turning it into an energy producer. -Michael TimkoAssociate professor of chemical engineering at WPI WORCESTER, Mass. (PRWEB) May 03, 2021 A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) received a nearly $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to create renewable fuel from sewage sludge, a byproduct of wastewater treatment that creates greenhouse gases and water pollution when dump
QUINCY The state and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center are offering up to $1 million in grants through a new program that will help transform vehicle fleets from gas to electric vehicles. Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides announced the program in Quincy Friday at the site of a soon-to-be bus depot for the MBTA.
The money will be made available through the MassCEC s new Vehicle Electrification Advisory Services for Fleets Pilot Program. Fleet managers will be technically trained and provide incentive money to purchase medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles. This is not something where people have the technical know-how and knowledge write off the bat, Theoharides said in Quincy. These fleet managers will enable companies to employ these vehicles more rapidly and figure out the infrastructure solutions they need.
Saving an icon and ourselves Cameron Sperance
As city leaders and architects across New England consider ways to reinvigorate the three-decker, others are weighing in on why they fell out of favor and how to improve them even without a costly renovation.
From South Boston to Fall River and even on the silver screen in Boston-based films like “Spotlight,” “Good Will Hunting,” and “The Departed,” the three-decker remains an iconic housing stock. Think of it as the original form of affordable housing: Relatives would often live in each of the three residences that comprise the relatively inexpensive-to-develop building, or they might even rent one out for income. “Living in or near a New England triple-decker,” the New York Times wrote, “was like despising the Yankees or skipping work on St. Patrick’s Day.”