North Shore Community College has been awarded the Boston Foundation’s 6th Annual Deval Patrick Prize for Community Colleges. NSCC received the $50,000 prize in recognition of the Machining Training Program, a collaborative partnership between NSCC, technical training institutions and local…
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Massachusetts Teachers Association Endorses Ed Markey for U.S. Senate
The Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) last weekend endorsed Ed Markey for re-election to the United States Senate. The major labor support comes at a key moment in the primary race and builds on Sen. Markey’s overwhelming existing support among unions,…
Earn Credit for Life Experience Through NERPLAC
Has the coronavirus pandemic caused you to consider returning to college to change careers or add new skills? If you are looking to save time and money in doing so, consider if you may be eligible for earning credit for…
Lynn Residents, Community Groups Call for Emergency Housing Stability Bill
Vote by Mail: Rowe Leads Lynn’s Election Effort for Sept. 1 Primary
By now, Lynn’s registered voters should have an “Official 2020 Vote by Mail Application” which was sent this week by mail from State Secretary William Galvin. Lynn City Clerk and Election Chief Janet Rowe said that residents must fill out…
Water Quality Report Card for Kings Beach in Lynn Announced
With summer in full swing and beach goers enjoying sun, surf and sand, while social distancing Save the Harbor/Save the Bay released its annual report on the water quality at Kings Beach in Lynn. According to Save the Harbor/Save the…
Newhall: Our Best Season Ever: St. Mary’s Girls Basketball Holds Awards Banquet
“When St. Mary’s High School girls basketball coach Jeff Newhall calls it “our best season ever,” you know it’s been one for the all-time record books. Newhall made that declaration at the team’s awards banquet held outdoors July 15 at…
State Continues to Advance Solar Progress with Incentive Program Updates
The Baker-Polito Administration announced final updates to the Commonwealth’s Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program after filing emergency regulations in April. As a result of a robust stakeholder and public comment process, the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) implemented revisions…
Massachusetts Logs Highest Unemployment Rate in the Nation for June
The state’s June total unemployment rate is up eight-tenths of a percentage point at 17.4 percent following a revision to the May rate of 16.6 percent, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Friday. It is the highest unemployment…
MS-13 Members Plead Guilty to 2018 Lynn Murder
Two members of the violent transnational criminal gang known as “La Mara Salvatrucha” or “MS-13” pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to RICO conspiracy and admitted to their participation in the July 2018 murder of a teenage boy in Lynn.…