The administration says the MBTA needs the $870 million to stay afloat and preserve progress made in the last two years, but “this didn’t look like equity or anything close,” two legislators say.
State officials have picked Northampton to round out its fossil fuel-free building pilot program, skipping over an application from Somerville officials.
A development scheduled to break ground in early 2023 will bring 70 units of 55-and-over rental housing to the college town of Northampton.
Andover-based McSweeney Construction and Development Corp. has completed a renovation and expansion of The Hempest in Northampton, which began offering adult-use cannabis sales in February.
As proposals to build new pipelines and related infrastructure meet opposition from community leaders and environmental activists across Massachusetts, gas companies have frozen new gas hookups several communities citing a lack of pipeline capacity.
A handful of the marijuana businesses granted provisional licenses have informed the Cannabis Control Commission they are ready to be inspected, one of the final steps before retail sales of marijuana, approved by voters almost two years ago, can begin.
