Archive for March 2021

The governor’s office put out a request for responses from consulting firms last month. The initiative could lead to changes in housing, economic development, transportation and other policies. Read More

Nearly four years after the death of Genzyme CEO Henri Termeer, a nonprofit spearheaded by his widow is taking shape. Read More

Furloughs for dozens of commuter rail workers are apparently not the only unpopular COVID-era budget cut from which the MBTA is now distancing itself: the T now plans to include enough funding in its next annual budget to run buses and trains on the same full schedule that was in place before the pandemic. Read…

Old Sturbridge Village celebrates the people who l Read More

After a year of pivots, DESIGNxRI is back — and it’s kicking off its 2021 programming by infusing 10 Providence-based design ventures with a collective $140,000 in cash. Read More

Medi+Thanks provides a centralized online location for people to support and thank frontline workers for their service. Read More

Forgiveness applications are nearing half of all 2020 loans, while more small businesses are getting full forgiveness. Read More

As part of the deal, the Green Monster will sport Plymouth Rock’s signage for the length of the agreement, beginning this upcoming season. Read More

Two generations after Brown v. Board of Education, some 193 schools in Mass. are "intensely segregated," with black and Latino students representing over 90% of the student population, and the number of such schools has risen by a third over the past decade, Bill Triant writes. Read More

Marlborough medical device company Boston Scientific Corporation has agreed to pay $188.6 million to resolve lawsuits in 47 states and the District of Columbia over its transvaginal surgical mesh device. Read More