News
Latest News
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.
\
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
Congressman Seth Moulton on Thursday announced more than $677,000 in two federal grants to two community health centers on the front lines of the opioid epidemic crisis, something Moulton said should be treated as a health crisis in America. North Shore Community Health Center received $352,083 and Lynn Community Health Center got $325,000 to expand treatment services for those addicted to opioids on the North Shore and Cape Ann amid an "unprecedented demand" for addiction treatment services.
LYNN — Community health centers are on the front lines for battling opioid addiction, an issue that has become a public health crisis.
On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton said the Lynn Community Health Center received a $325,000 grant to expand narcotics dependence treatment services. The Massachusetts Democrat delivered the good news at Salem’s North Shore Community Center, which received $352,083. The center also has locations in Gloucester and Peabody.
SALEM — Fresh off a historic trip to Havana, Cuba, as part of a bipartisan delegation that accompanied President Barack Obama last month, Salem Congressman Seth Moulton found himself on the road again — this time for a weeklong trip to the Middle East.
Salem, MA - Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) returned from a week-long congressional delegation trip to the Middle East. The delegation travelled to Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iraq, and Spain to oversee U.S. efforts to destroy ISIS, discuss regional security threats with top military leaders, and meet with U.S. service members overseas.