UMass Memorial said the merger will allow Marlborough Hospital to improve access to specialty services, plus eliminate costs tied to maintaining separate hospital licenses, governing bodies and staffing infrastructure.
Merger the latest shift in Central Mass. health care world
Posted inHousing
Marblehead voters overturn multifamily housing zoning
Tuesday’s outcome places Marblehead among the 38 communities that have not yet achieved compliance with state law, risking loss of eligibility for competitive state grant programs potentially worth over $10 million.
Posted inHousing
A stormy season for short-term rentals on Nantucket
The wealthy enclave of Nantucket is, like its neighbors on the Cape, trying to chart a path forward as a community torn between the rental economy and a housing crunch.
Posted inOpinion
Americans deserve better than RFK Jr. and his panel of vaccine skeptics
My challenge for RFK and the vaccine panel is this: Listen to the science, consult doctors with different views and opinions, and treat the population as if they were your own family.
Posted inTransportation
Federal funding for I-90 Allston project in jeopardy
The massive package of tax and spending cuts President Trump signed into law on July 4 contains a provision that eliminates a federal transportation grant program that set aside $335 million last year for the nearly $2 billion I-90 Allston highway project in Boston.
Posted inThe Codcast
Keeping time with MBTA’s Phil Eng
More than 800,000 people ride the T everyday. This week on the Codcast, reporter Gin Dumcias is joined by Phil Eng, General Manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority or “the T” to talk about the state of the system and what lies down the track.
Posted inOpinion
Why the MBTA’s electric bus mandate is a bad idea
Massachusetts would do substantially more to reduce carbon emissions if it invested in an electric regional rail system with 15-30 minute frequencies that enabled more people to take the train rather than drive.
Posted inOpinion
The Founders would say fight for democracy
What would John Adams, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson say to the relentless attacks on our democracy from an administration that is focused on tearing down the pillars of our country?
Posted inEducation
As Holyoke schools exit state oversight, new scrutiny for receivership law
State takeovers have been employed during the recent era of education reform aimed at closing the achievement gap separating lower-income students and students of color from their better-off, white peers. But the evidence supporting the moves has been decidedly underwhelming.
Posted inGovernment
5 ways Trump tax and spend bill would affect Massachusetts
As factions in Congress go head to head over the Senate and House versions of the bill, here’s what it could mean for people in Massachusetts.
Posted inOpinion
Tackling housing costs, smart use of AI among top priorities for Mass. business leaders
If we move quickly and collaboratively, Massachusetts has the chance not just to adapt to the new environment—but to lead, and find opportunity in these uncertain times.
Posted inEnvironment
Health advocates warn proposed wood-burning plant in Springfield will worsen asthma rates
Health groups are warning that the revived proposal for a wood-burning plant in Springfield could roll back years of progress in fighting the high rates of asthma in the city.
Posted inOpinion
It’s time to give the Mystic River watershed the same clean-up we gave Boston Harbor
For the first time in a decade, we have a chance to write a new roadmap that should include eliminating combined sewage overflows.
Posted inEnergy
Healey again puts offshore wind on back burner
Bowing to opposition from President Trump, the Healey administration on Monday put its offshore wind plans on hold yet again and said it is committed to an “all-of-the-above approach to energy.”