Month: August 2021

A Bleak Future for the Earth

The report released this week by the United Nations detailing the impending effects of climate change in the near future because of our rapidly-warming atmosphere paints the starkest picture yet of what awaits life on Earth as we know it…

AARP Awards Community Challenge Grant

AARP Massachusetts announced four Bay State organizations including the City of Lynn will receive 2021 Community Challenge grants – part of the largest group of grantees to date with $3.2 million awarded among 244 organizations nationwide. Grantees will implement quick-action…

News in Brief

Additional Package Sorters Are Installed The Postal Service is preparing for the holiday and ready to meet the growing customer demand for package delivery. Two of 118 new package sorters distributed nationwide have been installed in the Woburn and Worcester…

Tesler Named Transportation Head

Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito last week announced the appointment of Jamey L. Tesler as Secretary of Transportation and CEO of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Tesler has served as Acting Secretary since January, when he was…