09 Jan, 2025

After string of close calls, Logan Airport gets largest share of federal runway improvement funding

Local News The money will be used to simplify the airport’s airfield layout and repair runway pavement. Boston Logan Airport was awarded $44.9 million Wednesday by the FAA to improve its runways. Michael Dwyer/AP Photo After a slew of close calls at Boston Logan Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding the airport the […]

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Mass General Brigham announces more than $500,000 in funding to help migrant families

Local News “We hope these funds will play a critical role in ensuring that families have their basic needs met.” Lane Turner / The Boston Globe, File Mass General Brigham announced on Tuesday it is committing more than $500,000 in funding to seven community-based organizations in order to assist migrant families arriving in the state.  […]

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Slavery reparations in Amherst could include funding for youth programs and housing

Local News The council Monday night will consider a report from the town’s African Heritage Reparation Assembly on how those funds should be spent. By MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press October 16, 2023 | 2:37 PM BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts college town that established one of the nation’s first reparation funds for Black residents is […]

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