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LENOX — The town’s historic downtown district and nearby residential neighborhoods are being proposed for designation to the National Register of Historic Places. The Massachusetts Historical Commission has been interested in this honorary distinction for the title of Lenox Village Historic District since 2017, when the town celebrated the 250th anniversary of its founding. Now, a legally required public informational session to discuss the nomination is scheduled for 6 p.m. May 24, via Zoom, hosted by the Lenox Historical Commission. A representative of the state Historical Commiss...

Despite census delays, accuracy must be the top goal of redistricting States should prioritize getting it right over getting it fast. By The Editorial BoardUpdated February 23, 2021, 4:00 a.m. Email to a Friend By pushing back its deadline to distribute census data, the US Census Bureau is pushing states up against tighter deadlines tor planning the 2022 elections.Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Federal officials, in announcing that decennial census data will be delivered six months late, have put officials in Massachusetts and states across the country between the proverbial rock and hard place, rob...

UpdatedWed, Jan 13, 2021 at 8:04 am ET Replies(15) Voters in Massachusetts were allowed to vote by mail during the pandemic under a temporary rule change. (Neal McNamara/Patch) NATICK, MA — Following an election year when many Massachusetts residents got to vote by mail for the first time because of the coronavirus pandemic, a Natick lawmaker is trying to make voting by mail permanent. Democratic state Sen. Rebecca Rausch on Tuesday filed a bill to change state election law to expand no-excuse mail voting to voters in any state, municipal or special election. Last spring, state lawmakers ...

BOSTON (AP) — A special election has been scheduled to fill the Massachusetts House seat left vacant by the resignation of former Democratic House Speaker Robert DeLeo. The special election...

By Reporter Staff Reporter Staff Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin announced this week that the Massachusetts Historical Commission has approved the Lawrence Avenue Historic District in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. The bid will be submitted to the Register at the National Park Service for final consideration and designation. “The Massachusetts Historical Commission is dedicated to preserving the Commonwealth’s rich historic, architectural, archaeological, and cultural resources,” Galvin said. “The Lawre...