Photo by Steve Koppel, Awakening courtesy of Cape Cod Chamber The Cape Cod Blue Foundation is presenting the inaugural Big Blue Conference at Mass Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay on May 1-2, 2023. See details here. Other partners of the conference include Avangrid, Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce and Plymouth […]
Photo caption: (L-R) Top: ACD ILA Vice President George McEvoy III, Boston City Councilor Michael Flaherty, ILA Business Agent Patrick Considine, Norwegian Pearl Captain John Christopher Stöfling , MOTT Executive Director Keiko Matsudo Orrall, Meet Boston President and CEO Martha Sheridan, Assistant Port Director for USCBP Jack Jancsy Bottom: ILA […]
Today, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey issued a proclamation declaring April 22 as Earth Day.
Photo Courtesy of Boston Athenaeum Every April, librarians and patrons, authors and book lovers, and educators and students across the nation join the American Library Association (ALA) in celebrating National Library Week, which takes place this year the week of April 23-29. The theme in 2023 is “There’s More to […]
Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED) Secretary Yvonne Hao today announced the appointment of new undersecretaries and the realigning of the office under new pillars to better focus on key sectors of the economy and ensure continued economic support for all Massachusetts communities and residents. With today’s announcement, […]
Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca L. Tepper announced the appointment of Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo as Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). Arrigo will officially resign as Mayor on April 21 and start in the Healey-Driscoll Administration on April 24. “Policymaking is about more than […]
Image Courtesy of State House News Governor Maura Healey declared April 12, 2023, as Massachusetts Agriculture Day. To celebrate the occasion, state officials, legislators, farmers, and students gathered at the State House as part of a collaborative effort between the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation, agricultural commodity groups, Buy Local groups, and the […]
For Massachusetts residents, the annual Patriots Day celebration held each April is a cherished remembrance of local American history and heritage. Patriots Day celebrates the farmers and merchants, townspeople and volunteer soldiers in Concord, Lexington and nearby towns who banded together against encroaching British troops on April 19, 1775. The […]
The Healey-Driscoll Administration and Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation (MGCC) announced two new grant programs totaling $78 million in funding to support Massachusetts small businesses. “Small businesses are the backbone of our communities and our economy,” said Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey. “Through these new grant programs, small businesses will have access to […]
