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By: Thor Jorgensen\
A $4.5 million federal grant will pay for a new 149-passenger ferry, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton’s office said Thursday.
Meanwhile, state officials are continuing to search for money to operate a ferry beginning this spring through the summer.
The federal document outlining the grant said the money will pay for a city ferry’s construction “to provide year-round commuter ferry service.”
Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars will rally on Capitol Hill Thursday to urge lawmakers to oppose legislation that would reduce the monthly housing allowance for children attending college on a parent's education benefit.
BILLERICA -- U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton hosted his Congress on Your Corner event at Billerica Town Hall Thursday afternoon to listen to residents' most pressing concerns.
In the Maurice A. Buck Auditorium, Moulton first told attendees his priorities as a congressman, which included economic development in the districts he represents, challenging the threat of ISIS on a national level and assuring quality health care for veterans.
By Joe Schoffstall
As the Tea Party movement gained steam in the summer of 2009, Congressional Democrats saw waves of fed up constituents back in their home districts flock to town hall events to vent their frustrations with the workings of Washington, D.C. The uprisings ultimately led politicians to rethink such events and back away from facing the people they represent in that particular format.
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LYNN — Five months ago, Jay Ash, state Secretary of Housing and Economic Development, joined Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy on the steps of City Hall and vowed to deliver on the city’s long-awaited transformation.
Today, Ash is meeting with a group of local, state and federal officials to review progress on their partnership. Their mission is to find resources that can revitalize the city and spur development on vacant and underused parcels, including the city’s waterfront.
April 8, 2016
\By: Ethan Forman, Staff Writer
\SALEM — Congressman Seth Moulton Thursday announced two federal grants to two local community health centers to provide expanded addiction treatment on the North Shore and Cape Ann.
\“You are on the front lines battling the opioid addiction crisis, which is hitting our community hard, but hitting communities across the country,” said Moulton, speaking to a packed small conference room on the first floor of Salem Family Health Center on Congress Street.
Moulton discusses federal grants received by Sixth District and package of legislation he supports in Congress to combat opioid addiction