$3.8 BILLION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BILL APPROVED

By Bob Katzen

The House 145-3, Senate 38-0, approved a $3.8 billion bond package allowing the state to borrow funds for improvements to state and local buildings, facilities and grounds across the state which would include repairs, reconstruction, demolition, remediation, rehabilitation, modernization, disposition and renovations. Continue reading $3.8 BILLION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BILL APPROVED

Beacon Hill Roll Call Volume 43 -Report No. 52 December 24-28, 2018


By Bob Katzen

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call concludes a series of reports on how local legislators voted on legislation that was approved in the 2017-2018 session by the House and Senate and signed into law by Gov. Charlie Baker. Continue reading Beacon Hill Roll Call Volume 43 -Report No. 52 December 24-28, 2018

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS SATURDAY, December 29, the 363rd day of 2018 with 02 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 7:13 and sunset is @ 4:18. The moon is waning. The morning stars are stars are Uranus and Venus. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn & Uranus.
ON THIS DAY IN: 1170 – St. Thomas à Becket, the 40th archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in his own cathedral by four knights acting on Henry II’s orders. Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer

IMPORTANT LOCAL EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS FOR SOMERVILLE

As of 12:30 p.m. on Friday, December 28, 2018, 911 calls from cell phones and land lines were being properly routed to Somerville police and fire departments. Sporadic outages being made from cell phones to 911 are still being reported across the region, so please add these important local emergency telephone numbers to your contacts in case of an emergency, for today and for future use: Continue reading IMPORTANT LOCAL EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS FOR SOMERVILLE