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Massachusetts’ federal rental assistance program reached a distribution milestone on Friday, making the state eligible for greater allocation of funds from the U.S. Department of the Treasury. ....
Employees at F.W. Madigan, a Worcester construction contractor, regularly receive suspicious emails from their superiors. The problem is, the emails aren’t really from their bosses, and the messages are scams – attempts at tricking an employee into wiring money to someone, giving tax information or buying gift cards on their behalf. “I’ve had a bunch of them,” said Dennis Serocki, F.W. Madigan’s controller, who handles much of the small company’s information technology matters. “Email – it’s very, very dangerous.” F.W. Madigan is not alone. Image PHOTO/GRANT WELKER Dennis Serocki at Worcester construction firm F.W. Madigan regularly reminds employees to be careful with web security. ....
The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration announced on Friday it was allocating $433,381 to three Central Massachusetts towns newly designated as Green Communities under the state’s program. The three Central Massachusetts towns to receive the designation include Clinton, Hopedale and Princeton, which received grant funding totaling $164,753, $137,759 and $130,869, respectively. Nine new towns were added to the Green Communities list, in total. With the additions, 87% of the state’s population now live in towns and cities who are part of the program, which has distributed over $137 million in grant funding, according to the announcement. Under the Green Communities Act, the state’s Department of Energy Resources may provide up to $20 million annually to qualifying cities and towns to support investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. ....
By Sam Bonacci The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration announced on Tuesday the conservation of 43 acres of land in Bolton through the Local Acquisitions for Natural Diversity program. The land is located across from the Bolton Transfer Station on Forbush Mill Road. The Taggart Land Acquisition project was awarded a $308,000 grant by the administration last November and will support passive recreation and forestry with existing trails near the Still River Tributary, with ponds feeding a cold-water fishery. The acquisition advances Bolton’s Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness plan, which includes conservation land acquisition prioritizing lands delivering climate resiliency. The property has existing trails formed by old logging paths and is a mixed-deciduous forest where a range of mammals and amphibians have been seen. The land was a priority in the town’s Open Space and Recreation Plan. ....
By WHAV Staff | Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and Gov. Charlie Baker. (Photograph by Matt Stone/Boston Herald/Pool.) Haverhill, Methuen, North Andover, Lawrence and other area communities are among those winning grants from a state Regional Pilot Project Program to support economic recovery. Lead applicant Lawrence Partnership was awarded $250,000 from the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration, while Hispanic-American Institute received $175,000. Lawrence Partnership is targeting Lawrence, Andover, North Andover, Methuen, Haverhill and Boston to help at-risk food-based businesses increase their digital business capacities to survive the pandemic and become positioned for long-term success. Hispanic-American Institute, targeting Chelsea, Lynn, Salem, Haverhill, Springfield, Peabody, Revere, Lawrence, Taunton and Brockton, plans to assemble a diverse team to provide one-on-one counseling, workshops, trainings and an online portal for minority businesses that seek to restore or star ....