Press Releases

BOSTON, MA – The Town of Marshfield was recently awarded a $78,030 grant through the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Program to support their long-term Coastal Resilience Plan. The grant program, which was created in...

BOSTON, MA – The Commonwealth recently announced a new program, entitled Safe Water Initiative Massachusetts (SWIM), that seeks to support free swimming lessons across the state. DCR provided free lessons to over 300 young...

BOSTON, MA – Recently, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs completed the awarding of the summer Food System Infrastructure Grants. The goal of the Food Security Infrastructure Grant Program is to ensure...

BOSTON, MA – This week, the Baker-Polito Administration announced $9.7 million in grants from the Skills Capital Grant Program to 47 educational organizations across the Commonwealth to update equipment and expand student enrollment in programs...

If there’s one thing all Commonwealth residents can agree on, it’s that pre-pandemic traffic in and out of Boston was some of the worst in the country. Long commute times and crowded highways became...

BOSTON, MA – The Baker-Polito Administration recently announced over $17.3 million in grants to address failing dams, coastal infrastructure, and levees across the Commonwealth. As part of the announcement, the South Shore can expect...

BOSTON, MA – On Tuesday, Senator O’Connor (R-Weymouth) and eight of his colleagues in the legislature submitted a letter to Department of Energy Resources (DOER) Commissioner Patrick Woodcock urging DOER to reform its proposed...

BOSTON, MA – The Massachusetts State Legislature has unanimously passed a $48.07 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) that maintains fiscal responsibility and follows through on the legislature’s commitment to guarantee everyone in...

BOSTON, MA – This week, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation awarded Norwell $199,056 through the Complete Streets Funding Program. The program funds local, multimodal infrastructure projects that improve accessibility for bicyclists, pedestrians, public transit users, and people using other...

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing that it will be installing the new Route 18 Bridge over the MBTA Kingston/Plymouth Commuter Rail Line in Weymouth. MassDOT is using an innovative approach to...