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Week Beginning November 15, 2009
- Advice for holiday shopping season
- Don't fall prey to H1N1 scams
- Mass. unemployment rate drops from 9.3% to 8.9%
- Positive results from MassHealth smoking cessation benefit
- Massport approves Tobin Bridge transfer
- Protect fish habitat in the Atlantic Ocean
- Vaccine update
- Celebrating Thanksgiving
- New Americans recommendations released
- MBTA Blue line update
- National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness week
- Methuen Route 28 Bridge opens early
- H1N1 vaccine update for parents
- Urban and community forestry grants announced
- Canal Area Regional Traffic Task Force
- Federal stimulus funds hire rail employees
- New utility oversight law signed to protect consumers
- Six regional readiness centers launched
- Heating oil contracts
- MBTA's flu season plan
- Developers challenge winners & real-time bus data
- Transportation grants boost Commonwealth projects
- First RMV interactive web service unveiled
Week Beginning November 8, 2009
- Weekly flu report
- RMV online now interactive
- Savor the flavors of Massachusetts this holiday season
- Revitalizing downtown Lowell
- Expanding benefits & services to Veterans
- Letter on H1N1 vaccine
- MassDOT Board takes MBTA safety steps
- Peabody I-95/128 bridges open
- $302,000 to perform diesel retrofits
- Toys for Tots
- Software improves driver skills
- Small building contractors helped to compete for federal stimulus contracts
- Winter farmers' markets: eat locally grown food all year
- Engage with the Mass. Recovery and Reinvestment Office
- A day in the life of a pandemic: H1N1 vaccine allocations
- Nation-leading energy efficiency plans set for final review
- Budget management earns approval of major credit rating agencies
- Biomass sustainability study launched
- Weekly flu report
- Elevator/escalator safety awareness week
- Volunteers needed for Asian Longhorned Beetle Tree surveys
- Federal stimulus funding for broadband data development & mapping
Week Beginning November 1, 2009
- Release of MBTA finance review
- Unemployment Insurance alert
- Amendments to retail advertising regulations
- Final data security regulations filed
- Traffic alert: I-495 Lowell Bridges
- Discriminatory ads in the housing market
- Nominations to District and Probate Family Courts
- Community Service
501(c)(3) Loan Fund announced - Eat only fully-cooked ground beef patties & ground beef products
- MBTA's anti-harassment campaign
- Avoid drowsy driving
- Hearings on small business health insurance initiatives
- Wash your hands to protect yourself during this flu season
- New Mass Department of Transportation (MassDot) website launched
- H1N1 vaccine distribution program
- Mandatory Lemon Law Notices missing on 40% of new & used cars for sale
- Energy efficiency is now the mainstream
- MassDOT Board leadership announced
- RMV new express branch: Attleboro
Week Beginning October 25, 2009
- Don't be left out in the cold
- Weekly flu report plus advice for pregnant women
- Attention to H1N1 flu creates environment for bogus cures
- Federal Stimulus investments has created or retained over 23,000 jobs
- Support employment for people with disabilities
- H1N1 vaccine priority groups
- Governor Patrick Closes Budget Gap, Maintains Investments in Core Services
- Citizens' Update on recovery funding
- Green Procurement Policy announced
- Growth model to evaluate student performance
- Recall of ground beef & other beef products
- Flu shot vs. flu mist
- Safety tips for shorter days
- Second round of highway stimulus projects announced
- Second utility solar power plan under Green Communities Act approved
- Statement on Declaration of Emergency
- Dropout Commission calls for support
- Status update on seasonal flu vaccine
- 'Going Green' on appliances
Week Beginning October 18, 2009
- Governor's update on H1N1 flu
- Turnpike financing agreement saves tollpayers millions
- Reforms to reduce health insurance costs for small businesses
- Latest job & unemployment estimates for labor markets
- Lottery & Boston Bruins team up for instant ticket
- Communities awarded $750,266 to assess water quality
- H1N1 vaccine & prisons: setting the record straight
- Real World Design Challenge announced
- High-performance computing center to be built in Holyoke
- RMV: Operation Yellow Blitz
- Vaccine update
- Recovery Zone program launched for economic development
- Grants to promote specialty crops awarded
- Pumpkin sales tax info
- Flu report
Week Beginning October 11, 2009
- Governor's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Advisory Council
- State lottery Powerball agreement
- National domestic violence awareness month
- Students top nation in math
- Recovery funds to revive stalled housing developments announced
- Silver line direct connect service to South Station launched
- H1N1 vaccine safety: debunking the myths
- Mass. unemployment rate rises from 9.1% to 9.3%
- Governor lays out plan to close $600 million budget gap
- Over 97% of Mass. residents have health insurance, study reveals
- Millions of dollars in capital investments for the South Coast
- Millions of dollars for Science Building at Bridgewater State College
- Millions of dollars in capital investments for western Mass. communities
- Integrated water initiative announced
- $17.9 million in recovery funds to reduce homelessness
- Readiness Centers announced
Week Beginning October 4, 2009
- Stimulus funding released to rehire firefighters statewide
- Capital investments for North Shore communities
- Capital investments for Greater Boston
- New WIC food choices
- Fall fun in Massachusetts
- RMV license renewal reminder
- Another informational resource about H1N1 flu
- Funding for new South Academic Building at UMass Lowell
- Letter regarding stimulus investment
- Salem commuter parking facility to move forward
- Federal relief secured for farmers
- Responsible addressing FY '10 budget shortfalls
- Residents: stay on guard for Eastern Equine Encephalitis
- Commonwealth petitions to boost residential gas furnace efficiency
- Drive safely to work week
- Statewide flu summit webcast is now online
Week Beginning September 27, 2009
- Death related to H1N1 flu
- Grant to continue downtown revitalization
- H1N1 flu update: about the vaccine
- MBTA's first bike cage in Boston
- Gateway City Parks announced
- Tobin Bridge's lower level reopens to 3 lanes
- Aeronautics division headquarters moves to Massport
- Early signs of economic recovery
- Administration & Finance Secretary resigns; replacement is named
- New H1N1 vaccine news
Week Beginning September 20, 2009
- Agreement finalized with CSX transportation
- Hotel urged to reinstate workers
- Telephone fraud scam concerning real estate brokers & salespersons
- MBTA's safety & reliability enhancements
- Paul Kirk named as Interim U.S. Senator
- Latest job & unemployment estimates for labor markets
- Funds to support Vietnam Veterans' Memorial announced
- Proposals for projects that demonstrate energy solutions for buildings
- Program to replace the MBTA's outdated system maps and signage
- Next chapter of education reform launched
- Resources for local officials promoted
- Program to promote the use of SNAP benefits at farmers' markets
- Bidding for installation of solar power at treatment plants
- Alert level for mosquitoes in southeastern Mass. elevated
Week Beginning September 13, 2009
- New website launches promoting Mass. global strengths: It's All Here
- Mass. unemployment rate rises from 8.8 to 9.1%
- Mass Department of Transportation (MassDot) Secretary/CEO appointed
- State-of-the-art computer forensics lab opened
- Initiative to aid Northeast dairy farmers
- Tool to verify if businesses have workers comp insurance policy
- Additional mosquitoes infected with West Nile Virus & EEE
- National Child Passenger Safety week
- Online personal care attendant referral directory launched
- Regulations to protect from unfair marketing of medical discount plans proposed
- Practice safe boating
- More mosquitoes infected with West Nile Virus & EEE
- Honoree for Madeline Amy Sweeney Award recognized
Week Beginning September 6, 2009
- Federal relief for farmers requested
- Department Of Youth Services receives grant to support programs
- Development of Foster Child Bill of Rights
- Electronic tagging helps biologists study migratory habits of sharks
- Increased risk of EEE in Southeastern Mass.
- $7.96 million for public safety, highlights municipal regionalization efforts
- Effort to notify long-term unemployed about final payments launched
Week Beginning August 30, 2009
- Efforts to boost Commonwealth's clean energy workforce
- Continued MCAS improvement
- More mosquitoes infected with West Nile Virus and EEE found
- School bus safety
- Commonwealth Corps
- Plan to provide health insurance to legal immigrants
- Special State Election
- Cleaner air on school property
- Welcome home bonus for Vets
- New rule eliminates most prerecorded sales calls
- Federal award providing assistance to homeless veterans
- Start of demolition for Brownfield site
Week Beginning August 23, 2009
- Federal funds for Brownfield site announced
- Public school SAT results show continued improvement
- Latest job and unemployment estimates for labor markets
- Atrazine not a concern in MWRA drinking water
- MBTA re-banding its radio system to comply with FCC mandate
- Governor's Statement on Senator Edward Kennedy
- EEE found in northeastern Mass.
- Agriculture projects totaled nearly $1 million in FY09
- MBTA: Create a MyCharlie Account
- Back to school information
- Viruses spreading in mosquitoes
- Adoption of renewable energy promoted
- Grant to help unemployed veterans & promote "green" industry practices