| May |
| (5/22/13) |
Traffic Advisory: DCR Urges Motorists to Avoid Morrissey Boulevard around High Tides |
| (5/13/13) |
DCR Updates Safety Protocols for 20th Anniversary of Radio 92.9’s EarthFest |
| (5/8/13) |
DCR Releases 2013 Update of Terra Firma No. 2-Caring For Mature Trees
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| (5/7/13) |
DCR Announces "Stories in Stone" Program for Preservation Month 2013
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| (5/3/13) |
Traffic Advisory: Saturday Morning Memorial Drive Closures for Red Sox Run to Home Base 2013 |
| (5/3/13) |
Traffic Advisory: DCR to Close Lanes in Storrow Drive Tunnel to Continue Rehabilitation Work |
| (5/3/13) |
Traffic & Parking Advisory: Sunday Morning Road Closures for Project Bread Walk for Hunger 2013 |
| (5/3/13) |
Recreational Advisory: Pleasure Bay Causeway Closures Necessary to Make Pleasure Bay Bridge Repairs
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| (5/2/13) |
DCR Announces Opportunity to Restore the Historic Speedway Administration Building
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| April |
| (4/26/13) |
Traffic Advisory: DCR Closing Paul Dudley White Footbridge to Allow for BU Railroad Bridge Repairs |
| (4/26/13) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Calling On Volunteers for 7th Annual Statewide Park Clean-ups |
| (4/23/13) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Memorial Service for MIT Officer Sean Collier |
| (4/23/13) |
DCR Traffic & Parking Advisory Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Race for Research |
| (4/17/13) |
Recreational Advisory: Tenean Beach Playground Closed |
| (4/17/13) |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Awards $1 Million Grant to DCR and Buzzards Bay Coalition |
| (4/16/13) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Soldiers Field Road Improvements |
| (4/16/13) |
Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Tunnel Overnight Left Lane Closures |
| (4/12/13) |
Traffic Advisory: Rolling Lane Closures Along Storrow and Soldiers Field for Emergency Repairs |
| March |
| (3/27/13) |
Traffic Advisory: Overnight Storrow Tunnel Closures |
| (3/26/13) |
Traffic Advisory: DCR’s Street Sweeping to Begin April 1 |
| (3/22/13) |
Traffic Advisory: Westbound Mystic Valley Parkway Closed in Winchester for Safety Pruning |
| (3/22/13) |
Recreational Advisory: Temporary Closing of Connell Pool Necessary for UV System Installation |
| (3/19/13) |
Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Parking Ban Lifted at Noon Today |
| (3/18/13) |
Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Declares Parking Ban Due to Incoming Weather Event |
| (3/15/13) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Awards First of Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants to 15 Towns |
| (3/13/13) |
DCR Seeks Artists to Paint 99 Iron Ranger Donation Containers in the Parks |
| (3/13/13) |
Traffic Advisory: DCR Accommodates Resident Parking for St. Patrick’s Day Parade |
| (3/12/13) |
Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Parking Ban for Winthrop Shore Drive on Thursday |
| (3/9/13) |
*CHANGE* Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Parking Ban Will Be Lifted at 3 p.m. SUNDAY (Not Saturday) for WINTHROP SHORE DRIVE |
| (3/8/13) |
Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Parking Ban Will Be Lifted at 3 p.m. Saturday |
| (3/8/13) |
Brookwood Farm’s Saturday Sugaring Weekend Events Cancelled; Sunday Event on as Scheduled
UPDATE: Saturday and Sunday Cancelled. |
| (3/7/13) |
Kelly Outdoor Rink Closes for Season |
| (3/7/13) |
Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Parking Ban Remains In Effect and Advises of Continued Road Closures |
| (3/6/13) |
UPDATED Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Declares Parking Ban Due to Incoming Weather Event and Advises of Expected Road Closures |
| (3/6/13) |
Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Declares Parking Ban Due to Incoming Weather Event |
| February |
| (2/25/13) |
DCR Celebrates Continued Partnership at Horseneck Beach |
| (2/22/13) |
Traffic Advisory: Inbound Storrow Drive Tunnel Lane Closure |
| (2/21/13) |
State Officials Announce Quarantine to Halt Spread of Invasive Emerald Ash Borer Species |
| (2/21/13) |
State Officials to Make Important Quarantine Announcement Relative to Ash Products and Emerald Ash Borer in Massachusetts |
| (2/12/13) |
Traffic Snow Emergency Parking Ban Lifted |
| (2/7/13) |
DCR Prepares for Blizzard and Related Severe Weather: Announces Emergency Parking Ban on DCR Roadways |
| (2/7/13) |
Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Declares Snow Emergency and Parking Ban for Blizzard |
| (2/1/13) |
Recreational Advisory: Connell Pool Closed for Repairs |
| January |
| (1/31/13) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Lane Drop |
| (1/11/13) |
Traffic Advisory: Muddy River Restoration Project--Left Lane Closure on the Riverway Connector |
| (1/11/13) |
Pedestrian Traffic Advisory: Charles River Dam Walkway |
| December |
| (12/29/12) |
Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Lifts Snow Emergency Parking Ban |
| (12/29/12) |
Traffic & Parking Advisory: DCR Declares Snow Emergency and Boston, Revere and Winthrop Parking Ban |
| (12/26/12) |
DCR and Disney on Ice Partner for Free Holiday Vacation Skating Event |
| (12/21/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Lane Closures on the Riverway Connector |
| (12/20/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Inbound Lane Closure on the Riverway between Huntington Ave. and Brookline Ave. |
| (12/10/12) |
DCR Announces First Day Hikes on New Year’s Day 2013 |
| (12/3/12) |
DCR to Award Charles River Reservation Storrow Drive Parking Lot Permit to LAZ Parking, Increasing Revenue for the Commonwealth |
| November |
| (11/30/12) |
Chicopee Receives DCR Urban Forestry Grant |
| (11/30/12) |
Worcester Housing Authority Receives DCR Urban Forestry Grant |
| (11/30/12) |
DCR Returns Ravine Road to Two-Way Configuration, Discontinues Locally Requested Traffic Study |
| (11/30/12) |
Pedestrian & Boating Traffic Advisory: Charles River Dam Locks |
| (11/29/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Chickatawbut Road & Wampatuck Road Closures in Blue Hills |
| (11/28/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Special Olympics Jolly Jaunt Road Closures |
| (11/27/12) |
DCR to Host Three Public Meetings to Review Six Forest Management Projects |
| (11/19/12) |
DCR Celebrates Completion of Salisbury Ghost Trail |
| (11/16/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Chickatawbut Road & Wampatuck Road Closures in Blue Hills |
| (11/16/12) |
Ice Safety Tips from DCR |
| (11/16/12) |
DCR Issues RFEI to Restore the Historic Speedway Administration Building |
| (11/15/12) |
Needham Receives DCR Urban Forestry Grant |
| (11/15/12) |
Medford Receives DCR Urban Forestry Grant |
| (11/8/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Announces Waterways Grant For Fall River |
| (11/8/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Awards Fall River Urban Forestry Grant
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| (11/5/12) |
Recreational Advisory: Immediate-need Repair Delays Steriti Rink Opening by One Week |
| (11/1/12) |
Recreational Advisory: Connell Pool Closes for Repairs |
| October |
| (10/30/12) |
Following Sandy, DCR Reopens Parks, Indoor & Outdoor Facilities, Lifts Parking Bans and More |
| (10/30/12) |
Traffic Advisory: DCR LIFTS Parking Bans on Revere Beach Blvd & Winthrop Shore Drive |
| (10/28/12) |
Traffic Advisory: DCR Bans Parking Along Revere Beach Blvd |
| (10/28/12) |
DCR Closes Indoor Recreational Facilities, Additional Outdoor Facilities and Institutes a Parking Ban in Preparation for Hurricane Sandy |
| (10/28/12) |
Traffic Advisory: DCR Bans Parking Along Winthrop Shore Drive |
| (10/27/12) |
DCR Prepares for Severe Weather and Possible Flooding from Hurricane Sandy |
| (10/26/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Storrow Tunnel Construction Update |
| (10/25/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Announces Completion of the Alewife Greenway Bike Path Project |
| (10/23/12) |
DCR Celebrates Rehabilitation of Benedict Pond Dam |
| (10/19/12) |
Pedestrian and Boating Traffic Advisory: Charles River Dam Locks |
| (10/18/12) |
Traffic Advisory: 30th Annual Boston Firefighters Road Race in Dorchester |
| (10/18/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Mt. Washington Charitable 5K Bay Run/Walk in South Boston |
| (10/18/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Susan G. Komen “Race for the Cure” in South Boston |
| (10/18/12) |
Governor Patrick Celebrates Winthrop Beach Rehabilitation Project |
| (10/17/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Parking Restrictions and Road Closures for the Head of the Charles Regatta |
| (10/17/12) |
THURSDAY: GOVERNOR PATRICK TO CELEBRATE WINTHROP BEACH REHABILITATION PROJECT |
| (10/12/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Walk at DCR Esplanade |
| (10/11/12) |
PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION CELEBRATE GROUNDBREAKING OF BLACKSTONE GREENWAY PROJECT |
| (10/10/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Muddy River Groundbreaking |
| (10/5/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Overnight Storrow Drive Tunnel Detours |
| (10/5/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Fireworks Over Charles River |
| (10/4/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Columbus Day Weekend Road Races Closures |
| (10/2/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Midday Storrow Drive Lane Closure |
| (10/2/12) |
Media Advisory: Wachusett Reservoir Dam Opening for Guided Walks |
| September |
| (9/20/12) |
Traffic Advisory: DCR Road Closures for Hub on Wheels |
| (9/19/12) |
DCR Announces Pedestrian & Traffic Improvements to Kelley Circle in Jamaica Plain |
| (9/14/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Overnight Kelley Circle at Northern End of Arborway and Start of Jamaicaway |
| (9/14/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Boston 13.1 Marathon |
| (9/12/12) |
State Officials Confirm Emerald Ash Borer Detected in Massachusetts for First Time |
| (9/11/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Race for Research |
| (9/11/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Soldiers Field Road Improvements |
| (9/11/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Outbound Roadway Improvements |
| (9/11/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Outbound Roadway Improvements |
| (9/7/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Jimmy Fund Walk |
| (9/7/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: ANNUAL OFFICER JAMIE COCHRANE MEMORIAL RACE |
| (9/6/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: National Ovarian Cancer Race |
| August |
| (8/24/12) |
DCR Announces Spray Decks, Wading Pools, Swimming Pools and Beaches to Remain Open through Labor Day |
| (8/24/12) |
State and Federal Officials Celebrate $1.2 Million NOAA Grant to Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve |
| (8/24/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Awards $50K Grant to Town of Falmouth for Restoration of Public Boat Ramp Access |
| (8/20/12) |
Lieutenant Governor Murray, Congressman McGovern Join USDA to Announce $1 Million for Reforestation in Central MA |
| (8/17/12) |
Lieutenant Governor Murray, Congressman McGovern Join USDA for Reforestation Announcement |
| (8/13/12) |
DCR SENDING 20 WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS TO HELP BATTLE IDAHO BLAZES |
| (8/10/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Day Blvd. Closed for Boston Triathlon |
| (8/2/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Tunnel |
| (8/1/12) |
Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Maintenance Closure |
| July |
| (7/26/12) |
Governor Patrick Celebrates Opening of New Connors Memorial Swimming Pool Complex in Waltham |
| (7/26/12) |
DCR and Charles River Conservancy Sign Agreement to Build Charles River Skatepark |
| (7/25/12) |
Governor Patrick to Celebrate Opening of New Connors Memorial Swimming Pool Complex |
| (7/23/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Celebrates Completion of Wachusett Mountain Parkway Rehabilitation and Summit Enhancement Project |
| (7/23/12) |
DCR to Celebrate Completion of Wachusett Mountain Parkway Rehabilitation and Summit Enhancement Project |
| (7/20/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Event on Southwest Corridor’s Stony Brook Expected to Slow Area Traffic |
| (7/17/12) |
DCR to Offer Accessible Canoeing in Barton’s Cove this July |
| (7/17/12) |
DCR to Offer Accessible Kayaking in State Parks this Summer |
| (7/17/12) |
DCR Announces Accessible Sailing on the Charles River this Summer |
| (7/13/12) |
DCR Sends Twenty Firefighters to Help Battle Fire at Shasta National Forest |
| (7/13/12) |
GOVENOR PATRICK CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING OF NORTH BANK PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE |
| (7/12/12) |
FRIDAY: Governor Patrick to Celebrate Opening of North Point Park and North Bank Bridge |
| (7/10/12) |
DCR Hosts Accessible Summer Activities |
| (7/9/12) |
GOVERNOR PATRICK CELEBRATES COMPLETION OF HOUGHTON’S POND BATHHOUSE IN MILTON |
| (7/3/12) |
DCR Celebrates a Week of July 4th Events Statewide |
| (7/2/12) |
DCR EXTENDS SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS TO REHABILITATE AND LEASE HISTORIC UPTON PROPERTY |
| (7/2/12) |
DCR Will Close One Lane in the Storrow Drive Tunnel Tonight |
| June |
| (6/28/12) |
DCR Parking and Traffic Restriction Updates for 1812 Commemorations in South Boston |
| (6/28/12) |
DCR Celebrates the Reopening of Moynihan Spray Deck |
| (6/28/12) |
DCR Seeks Artists to Paint "Iron Ranger" Donation Containers in the Parks |
| (6/27/12) |
DCR Parking and Traffic Restrictions for Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular from July 3 - July 5 |
| (6/25/12) |
DCR Announces Grand Opening of "Gateway to Greylock" Museum |
| (6/22/12) |
DCR Opens Swimming Pools for the 2012 Summer Season (Boston) |
| (6/22/12) |
DCR Opens Swimming Pools for the 2012 Summer Season (Lowell) |
| (6/22/12) |
DCR Opens Swimming Pools for the 2012 Summer Season (Fitchburg) |
| (6/22/12) |
DCR Opens Swimming Pools for the 2012 Summer Season (Springfield) |
| (6/22/12) |
DCR Opens the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Swimming Pool for the 2012 Summer Season |
| (6/22/12) |
DCR Road Closures for Prisoner of War – Missing in Action Walk for Freedom |
| (6/21/12) |
DCR Seeks Artists to Paint Iron Ranger Donation Containers in the Parks |
| (6/21/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: MS Bike Cape Cod Getaway |
| (6/20/12) |
DCR Will Close Left Lane of Storrow Drive Eastbound |
| (6/20/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Boston Athletic Association 10K |
| (6/19/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Announces Award of $1 Million in Partnerships Matching Funds Grants |
| (6/19/12) |
DCR Announces Early Lifeguarding at DCR Beaches |
| (6/18/12) |
DCR Awards 2012 Partnership Matching Funds Grant Awards |
| (6/15/12) |
DCR Presents Two Partnership Matching Funds Grants |
| (6/15/12) |
DCR Partnerships Matching Funds Grant Presentation Invasive Species Projects |
| (6/15/12) |
DCR Matching Funds Grant Presentation Friends of Borderland/Ames Mansion |
| (6/12/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Reversal of Shore Road Direction in South Boston |
| (6/8/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Day Blvd Closure for Tufts Medical Center Walk and Run |
| (6/8/12) |
DCR's Universal Access Program Hosts Spring Accessible Recreation Fair at Artesani Park |
| (6/7/12) |
DCR Presents Recreational Trails Program Grant Award to Seekonk |
| (6/5/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Tunnel Painting |
| (6/5/12) |
Chickatawbut Road Closed to Vehicular Traffic for Sundays in the Park |
| (6/5/12) |
State Environmental Officials Celebrate Upper Mystic Lake Dam Rehabilitation |
| (6/4/12) |
Upper Mystic Lake Dam Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony |
| (6/1/12) |
State Environmental Officials Celebrate June as Great Outdoors Month |
| (6/1/12) |
DCR’s Wachusett Greenways Trail Tunnel and Welcome Center Dedication |
| May |
| (5/31/12) |
DCR Honors 84 Massachusetts Communities with Annual Tree City USA Awards |
| (5/30/12) |
DCR Making Traffic and Safety Improvements to Intersection in Watertown |
| (5/25/12) |
DCR Summer Season Gets Underway: Waterfronts Welcome Swimmers |
| (5/23/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Inspection of Pope Hill Footbridge Over Morrissey Boulevard |
| (5/23/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Run to Remember Road Race |
| (5/23/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: General Edwards Drawbridge Closures |
| (5/22/12) |
State Park and Fish and Game Officials Kickoff Zebra Mussel Prevention Effort in Pittsfield |
| (5/11/12) |
DCR’s Terra Firma Technical Bulletin Receives Statewide Preservation Awards |
| (5/11/12) |
DCR Announces Renovation of the Ames Mansion in Borderland State Park |
| (5/09/12) |
DCR Announces Farms and Gardens Program to Celebrate Preservation Month 2012 |
| (5/4/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Several Boston-Area Roads Will Close For Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger This Sunday |
| (5/3/12) |
DCR Hosts Southeastern Massachusetts Bioreserve Land Acquisition Celebration |
| April |
| (4/26/12) |
DCR Seeking Proposals to Rehabilitate, Reuse, and Maintain Historic CCC Camp Property |
| (4/26/12) |
DCR Announces Opportunity to Restore the Schooner Ernestina: Official Ship of the Commonwealth |
| (4/25/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Storrow Drive Lane Restrictions for Saturday April 28, Sunday April 29 and Sunday, May 6 |
| (4/23/12) |
Thousands of Volunteers Lent a Hand for this year’s Annual Park Serve Day |
| (4/20/12) |
DCR Releases Final Report on Fall River Pool Drowning |
| (4/20/12) |
DCR Commissioner Lambert to Present Results of DCR Fall River Pool Drowning Report |
| (4/19/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: River Road and Pond Avenue |
| (4/17/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Prepares to Celebrate 6th Annual Park Serve Day on April 21 |
| (4/12/12) |
Framingham Reservoir Drawdown Planned for Dam Inspections |
| (4/11/12) |
DCR’s Quabbin Reservoir Fishing Season Opens April 14th |
| (4/10/12) |
DCR Selects Curators for Historic Coachman’s House Complex in Newburyport |
| (4/09/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Unveils New Statewide Land Management Plan for DCR Parks and Forests |
| (4/03/12) |
Lt. Governor Murray and DCR Celebrate New Low-Emissivity Rink Installations |
| March |
| (3/30/12) |
Traffic Advisory: DCR’s Monthly Street Sweeping to Begin April 1 |
| (3/27/12) |
DCR and Phillips Candy House Host 20th Annual Spring Egg Hunt |
| (3/21/12) |
DCR Urges Water Safety This Spring |
| (3/16/12) |
DCR Will Allow Parking Along Day Boulevard for St. Patrick’s Day Parade |
| (3/13/12) |
Alford Street Bridge Repair to Impact Traffic on Revere Beach Parkway and the Fellsway (3/17-3/18)
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| (3/06/12) |
DCR Accepting Applications for Charles River Mooring Lottery |
| (3/06/12) |
DCR to Conduct Second Controlled Burn at Myles Standish in Plymouth Tomorrow |
| (3/01/12) |
DCR Announces Park Maple Sugar Days |
| February |
| (2/27/12) |
DCR to Conduct Controlled Burn at Myles Standish in Plymouth Tomorrow |
| (2/21/12) |
DCR Releases Updated Middlesex Fells Reservation Visitor Guidelines |
| (2/21/12) |
DCR and Disney on Ice Partner for Free February Vacation Skating Event: First 100 Visitors to Receive Free Passes to Dare to Dream |
| (2/21/12) |
DCR Encourages Fire Safety: Without Snow, Sparks May Fly |
| (2/03/12) |
DCR Offers Family Friendly February Vacation Activities |
| (2/03/12) |
DCR’s Deadline for Permit Applications from Youth and Adult Teams for Use of Teddy Ebersol’s Red Sox Fields and other Recreational Fields Extended through March 1st |
| (2/02/12) |
DCR Traffic Advisory: Sunday Road Closure and Parking Ban |
| January |
| (1/27/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Awards Volunteer Fire Grants to the West Brookfield Fire Department and 12 other Towns of the Central Region |
| (1/27/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Awards Volunteer Fire Grants to the Sunderland Fire Department and 13 other towns of the Central Region |
| (1/24/12) |
DCR Celebrates Walter Baker Pedestrian Bridge Enhancement |
| (1/19/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Offering Cross-Country Skiing, Kick Sledding, and Snowshoeing at DCR’s Leo J. Martin Memorial Golf Course in Weston |
| (1/19/12) |
Recreation Advisory: DCR to offer Accessible Winter Recreation at Mt. Tom State Reservation |
| (1/19/12) |
Recreation Advisory: DCR offering Accessible Ice Skating at the Outdoor Kelly Rink in Jamaica Plain |
| (1/19/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Offers Accessible Ice Skating at DCR’s Steriti Memorial Rink |
| (1/19/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Offers Accessible Ice Skating at DCR’s Fitzpatrick Rink in Holyoke |
| (1/19/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Offers Accessible Ice Skating at DCR’s Buffone Rink in Worcester |
| (1/11/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Awards Volunteer Fire Grants to 10 Towns in the Northeast Region |
| (1/10/12) |
DCR Offering Accessible Ice Skating at the Outdoor Kelly Rink in Jamaica Plain |
| (1/10/12) |
DCR Offers Accessible Winter Recreation at Wendell State Forest |
| (1/10/12) |
DCR Offering Accessible Ice Skating at Brockton Skating Rink |
| (1/06/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Awards Volunteer Fire Grants to the Towns of Worthington, Granby, South Hadley, Windsor and Lanesborough |
| (1/05/12) |
Patrick-Murray Administration Awards Volunteer Fire Grants to the Towns of Freetown, Dover, Gosnold and Edgartown |
| (1/05/12) |
DCR Offering Accessible Ice Skating at the Cronin Rink in Revere |
| (1/05/12) |
Recreation Advisory: DCR to Offer Accessible Winter Recreation at D.A.R. State Forest |
