News
Latest News
PEABODY — Six communities in Massachusetts, one of them Peabody, have received grants to access and clean up contaminated properties under the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program.
The grants total $2.7 million, of which Peabody will receive $300,000, according to Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass. The funds will help underserved and economically disadvantaged communities around the state in assessing and cleaning up abandoned industrial and commercial properties.
NEWBURYPORT — Rupert A. Nock Middle School eighth-graders may not be able to go to Washington, D.C., this year, but they are still learning about civics with help from local officials.
With the assistance of social studies teachers Jennifer Groskin and Kyle Boudreau, the students had a 30-minute question-and-answer session via Zoom with Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Salem, on Thursday.
Over the last week, a debate about when to reopen our country has begun in earnest. If we reopen too soon, we’ll lose the progress we’ve gained by social distancing, see a new spike in cases that overwhelms our hospital system, and inject even more uncertainty into an economy that’s buckling under the weight of the worst pandemic in a century. If we wait too long, we’ll cause more economic harm than necessary to combat the virus and more Americans will die from that fallout as well; death rates always go up due to prolonged economic hardship.
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), William Keating (D-MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), and Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), announced that Massachusetts was awarded a total of $3,994,913 under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP).
DANVERS — A wayward shipment of about 9,500 gowns intended to protect Northeast Arc and 15 other organizations' workers and their clients during the coronavirus pandemic has been found stuck in customs.
Tim Brown, Northeast Arc's director of innovation and strategy, said 6,000 gowns were shipped out Tuesday "and are on the road." Another 3,500 gowns were still in customs, he said.
The gowns were purchased from a promotional marketing company in China.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — Things have been slow at the Port of New Bedford.
The fishing industry is hurting since restaurants have been shut down. Local fisherman estimate nearly 70% of seafood consumed in the country is done so in restaurants.
“We’re probably scaled down at this point about half of where we would be historically from a head-count perspective,” explained Keith Decker, president and CEO of Blue Harvest Fisheries in New Bedford.
We receive calls for help with federal agencies every day. If you feel frustrated or unheard, we might be able to help.
We work with specially-designated congressional liaisons to get answers. We can't fix every problem, but we can help explain how federal policies apply to you, what options are available, and ensure that you are treated fairly according to U.S. law.
The graphic below shows our average response time for messages and mail to the office.
Hello again,
SALEM, Mass. — Today, Representatives Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging them to support nonprofits in the next round of coronavirus disaster relief. More than 140 Members of Congress and a large group of the nation’s leading national nonprofits joined them in the call to action.
Massachusetts (April 29, 2020) – Today, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Representatives William Keating (MA-09) and Seth Moulton (MA-06) called for the immediate release of federal guidance for how fishery participants can access the designated $300 million in disaster assistance funding included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.