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July 04, 2013 Homeless project in Waban gets $40,000 loan By Evan Allen Newton – Less than a week after Mayor Setti Warren of Newton announced he would block federal funding for a controversial homeless housing ...

July 1, 2013 Metro West, Pine Street willing to fight for Waban housing project By Trevor Jones Newton – The developer behind the proposed redevelopment of the Engine 6 building into apartments for the chronic...

June 19, 2013 State House Bills Could Improve Early Education Spaces by Alyssa Haywoode In 2011, a report from the Children’s Investment Fund (CIF) revealed the substandard conditions of some early childhood and ou...

HOUSE PANEL READIES $1.4 BIL HOUSING BOND, ROAD OUTLAY BILLS FOR FLOOR VOTES By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JUNE 3, 2013….The House this week is poised to advance legislation that w...

June 3, 2013 Affordable housing advocates celebrate purchase, preservation of 6 buildings By Johanna Kaiser, Town Correspondent Affordable-housing advocates last week celebrated the largest nonprofit affordable housin...

Sunday, May 19, 2013 Money approved for housing project WEBSTER — A Boston-based nonprofit has approved $400,000 in funding to renovate the former Sitkowski School into an affordable housing project. The Commun...

Home › Russet Morrow › 2013 › May › Posted: May 17, 2013 A slightly different kind of Brain Building: how a bond bill can support early ed In an opinion piece in this week's Boston Globe, Senator Sal DiDomeni...

THE PODIUM Upgrade child-care facilities By Sal DiDomenico and Jeffrey Sánchez It is time for Massachusetts to invest more in the infrastructure of child care. As parents of young children, we spend hours agonizing...

May 14, 2013 New funds will help support renovations to South End and Roxbury affordable units By Patrick D. Rosso, Town Correspondent ROXBURY, SOUTH END - After the commitment of funds from the Community Economic De...

May 14, 2013 Historic South End, Roxbury affordable housing to be preserved, renovated By Johanna Kaiser, Town Correspondent ROXBURY, SOUTH END - The Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation has approved ...

Patrick Cabinet focus on workforce By Sandy Meindersma CORRESPONDENT STURBRIDGE — With a common goal of strengthening communities through a qualified and engaged workforce, three of Gov. Deval Patrick’s Cabinet ...

May 2, 2013 Loan program provides options for the needy By State Sen. Patricia Jehlen Second Middlesex District (The opinions and views expressed in the commentaries of The Somerville News belong solely to the author...