A parcel of land in a Pittsfield business park that “looks like the surface of the moon” and has been “undevelopable and in a state of deterioration for over 20 years,” according to the city’s mayor, is receiving a $880,000 state grant to help make it ready for future development.
TD Bank’s community development arm is helping finance construction of the new Cape Ann YMCA in Gloucester.
About $80 million in government funding and $40 million in tax credits will preserve and produce nearly 1,600 housing rental units in Massachusetts, under a round of awards announced Thursday by Gov. Charlie Baker.
There are more than 160 breweries in the state, with 30 slated to open next year. In the Cape Ann area and the North Shore, there are dozens.
The former manager of a Massachusetts apartment complex for low-income tenants has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $8,000 from four residents and $40,000 from the owners.
The seaside community of Gloucester was recently the center of a water access case that went before the Appeals Court.
Through the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) the Baker administration awarded a total of $3 million in capital grant funding to the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute, as well as to middle and high schools in Gloucester, Lynn and Salem.
