BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- MassDevelopment, a development finance agency and land bank, issued the following news release: * * * Tax-Exempt Bond from MassDevelopment & Citizens Bank Funds First Step in Multi-Phase Housing Development at Former State-Owned Site * * * FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - MassDevelopment has issued a $22.2 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Walnut Street Phase One 4 LLC to build 80 units of affordable senior housing at 51 Walnut Street in Foxborough, a project develope  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on July 18, 2024: * * * Through a $3 million grant from the Mellon Foundation, the largest-ever investment into public art programming in Boston, this multi-year, city-wide program will bring free public art installations and programming * * * Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture (MOAC) today announced the selected artists and public art projects for year one of the City's "Un-monument   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news: At Mayor Wu's State of the City address, she announced a plan to identify locations for 3,000 new units of public housing. The Boston Housing Authority (BHA) and Housing Innovation Lab (Housing iLab) are collaborating on an effort to ask Boston's community members to help us imagine the future of these new public housing developments, where residents will pay no more than 30% of their income on rent. Public H  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 19 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news on July 18, 2024: * * * Funding Will Support Innovative Marine Debris Prevention and Removal * * * Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced $27 million in funding for projects to prevent and remove marine debris in coastal and Great Lakes communities as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This fund  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news: * * * Additional BCYF Pools Reopens for the Summer Boston to invest $250,000 in funding to provide support for free swim lessons this fall, with applications now open for partner organizations. * * * Mayor Michelle Wu, the City of Boston's Human Services Cabinet, and Boston Centers for Youth & Families announced applications are now open for Swim Safe Boston grants to support non-profit organizations in Bo  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Charles Stark Draper Laboratories Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is awarded a $111,015,771 fixed-price-incentive-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00003) under contract N0003023C6008 to exercise optional line items for design analysis, testing, procurement, and manufacturing of Interferometric fiber optic gyros repairs and associated material. This modification also benefits a foreign mi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- The city of Boston issued the following news: The City of Boston's Equity and Inclusion Cabinet is partnering with Healing Our Land Inc. (HOLI) to deliver on-site voting education and outreach for incarcerated voters in Suffolk County House of Correction and Suffolk County Jail, through the Ballots Behind Bars initiative. The Ballots Behind Bars Initiative is focused on raising awareness about the challenges faced by incarcerated voters. The initiative will als  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended a previously removed Brazilian fugitive wanted by authorities in his home country to face a firearms charge. Deportation officers from ERO Boston's Hartford field office arrested the 39-year-old unlawfully present fugitive July 11 near his residence in Danbury. "This Brazilian fugitive atte  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending July 13, 2024: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending July 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 243,000, an increase of 20,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 222,000 to 223,000. The 4-week moving average was 234,750, an increase of 1  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Mark Wyatt, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Last week, Col. Jorge Jimenez accepted his new role as commander of the 66th Air Base Group during a ceremony held at the Aero Club Hangar. Jimenez's immediate priorities for the 66th Air Base Group focus on readiness and continuing to maintain high-quality support to mission partners and their families. "Our mission is to provide rea  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Mark Wyatt, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Chief Master Sgt. Jason Vollmer has assumed the role of command chief for the 66th Air Base Group and installation here, bringing more than 20 years of experience to the position. Hailing from a small town in Nebraska, Vollmer called his journey to the Air Force "unconventional." "I never thought the Air Force was for me," he said. "M  more