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Acushnet Avenue to join one of 12 additional selected districts to participate in MassDevelopment's Transformative Development Initiative.

NEW BEDFORD —  Three city councilors, two businesses and one state representative are partnering up in what might be a last attempt to keep the North End's pocket parks.  Councilor-at-large Ian Abreu announced on Facebook that monthly cleanups for two pocket parks in the North End will start on Saturday, May 8 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. "It is my hope and desire that these cleanups will help empower our community to take back ownership of these public resources," Abreu wrote. "I would like to give these parks one last opportunity to provide the passive recreational opportunities they were in...

Pressure mounts for Massachusetts to vaccinate educators By Emma Platoff and Felicia Gans Globe Staff,Updated March 2, 2021, 8:15 p.m. Email to a Friend Vaccination site workers boarded a school bus transporting education workers as it arrived at a mass vaccination site in a parking lot at Hollywood Park adjacent to SoFi stadium during the Covid-19 pandemic in Inglewood, Calif. on Monday.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Pressure mounted Tuesday on Governor Charlie Baker to join the majority of states in immediately vaccinating teachers, as President Biden, state lawmakers, and teachers ...

State Rep. Arciero named chair of housing committee Community Content State Rep. James Arciero, of Westford, was chosen on Feb. 12 as the new house chair of the joint committee on housing by statehouse speaker Ronald Mariano, of Quincy, who made his leadership and committee assignments for the 192th legislative session. “I am honored by the trust and confidence that speaker Mariano has shown me in this selection,” said Arciero, who is serving his seventh term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. “Housing is an important issue both in my district and across our state. I look fo...

Legislators call for more vaccination sites in Southeast Massachusetts Wicked Local BOSTON – Chair of the Southeastern Massachusetts Legislative Caucus Sen. Marc R. Pacheco, D-Taunton, has announced that 26 legislators have called for more vaccination sites in Southeastern Massachusetts. The following legislators have signed onto a letter calling for the sites: Senators Michael D. Brady, Mark C. Montigny, Susan L. Moran, Rebecca L. Rausch, and Walter F. Timilty, and Representatives Antonio F. D. Cabral, Claire D. Cronin, Josh S. Cutler, David F. DeCoste, Angelo L. D'Emilia, Carol A. Doherty...