Members Of Mass. Congressional Delegation Request $100 Million For Community Projects
U.S. Representative Katherine Clark has asked Congress to earmark $4 million to connect commuter rail to subways and buses at the Wonderland station in Revere.
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The nine Democratic members of the U.S. House from Massachusetts have requested a total of nearly $100 million in federal funding for local projects, ranging from education and human services to drinking water and climate resilence.
During periods of Republican control over the last two decades, the House has banned earmarks for local projects, provisions often secretly slipped into the spending bills. The practice gained a bad reputation for funding wasteful, self-serving projects that were labelled pork, a name drawn from the barrel of meats that was passed around to slaves. Some campaign donors were suspected to have traded contributions for earmarks.
East Longmeadow names Greenfield deputy chief to head police department
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
EAST LONGMEADOW – The deputy police chief of Greenfield was chosen as the town’s new police chief on Tuesday.
Mark A. Williams will replace Police Chief Jeffrey Dalessio, who announced he will retire on Jan. 15 after serving with the police department for 40 years. Dalessio was promoted to head the department four years ago during a controversial hiring process.
Williams started his career in policing 24 years ago and has served on the Greenfield Police Department for 21 years. He was promoted to deputy chief in 2014, said Mary E. McNally, the town manager.