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The remainder of the European Union may be distancing itself from Sweden’s campaign to declare American lobsters an invasive species, but the head of the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association isn’t yet ready to declare complete victory.
“We’re very excited about the news out of Europe that the rest of the EU doesn’t seem ready to follow Sweden’s lead,” MLA Executive Director Beth Casoni said Monday. “But we’re going to stay on this because it’s not over by any stretch.”
Congressman Seth Moulton pitched business leaders Wednesday morning on the North South Rail Link, a transportation project he said has the potential to transform Greater Boston.
"I believe this is the most significant infrastructure project contemplated for the New England area," Moulton, a freshman congressman from Salem, told a breakfast hosted by the New England Council. "It would be transformative and quite reasonable to do."
LYNN — Latasha Dobson knew the moment she toured the cobalt blue home for sale on Mountain Avenue that it was her dream house.
But the 116-year-old Colonial had one major problem: the interior was filled with lead-based paint, a hazard for her three children. The terms of the city’s first-time homebuyer program required deleading to close the deal on the four-bedroom home.
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton wants the state to approve construction of a new rail tunnel below downtown Boston, but the mega-project is turning into a competition with another big rail expansion.
Moulton made his pitch to business and civic leaders for the North-South Rail Link, a tunnel that would connect North Station to South Station. That would allow trains to run all the way through Boston, instead of terminating on either side of downtown.
The European Union won’t ban our lobsters after all.
And the Massachusetts congressional delegation, which was previously concerned for its local lobsterers, is pretty psyched about the decision.
BEVERLY — Kayla Whelan was a student at Montserrat College of Art when her Christmas tree ornament caught the eye of the judges in the White House Historical Association’s first national art college design competition.
Her design, a tiny red fire truck, recalls the type of fire engine that responded to a 1929 Christmas Eve fire in the West Wing during Herbert Hoover’s administration.
When Seth Moulton ran against my friend John Tierney, I was irritated, in that John was vulnerable because of his wife’s activity for her gambling brother and he was accused of aiding and abetting.
LYNN — Improved public transportation and mixed-use development along the waterfront are among the keys to economic development in Lynn, according to U.S. Rep Seth Moulton (D-Mass).
Moulton was the featured speaker during a roundtable discussion with the Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce’s Government Affairs Committee at Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee on Munroe Street Wednesday morning.
The congressman told local business and political leaders that Lynn has been a priority in the district since day one.
The statistics add up to one of the worst droughts this state has seen, affecting everything from cranberries to eels. And the drought will likely continue, despite recent rains, for months, even into next summer.
Those were some of the observations made at the Northeast Drought & Climate Outlook Forum that brought together experts in climate, weather, disaster and emergency management from all over the region Tuesday at the University of Massachusetts Boston.