News & Updates, Local Government, State Government, Mass.Gov, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Mass.Gov, Commonwealth of Massachusetts http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=mg2homepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=massgov2 http://www.mass.gov/massgov2/RSS/Home/State%20Government/Local%20Government/newsandupdates.xml © 2009 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2009-10-08T00:00:00Z Stimulus funding released to rehire firefighters statewide http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3pressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Agov3&b=pressrelease&f=100709_rehiring_firefighters&csid=Agov3 2009-10-08T00:00:00Z 2009-10-08T00:00:00Z Moving to help municipal fire departments impacted by budget cuts that have forced layoffs and vacancies resulting from attrition, Governor Deval Patrick announced he will release $8.1 million in federal stimulus funds to 13 municipal fire departments in the Commonwealth. The funds will be used to rehire 127 firefighters who were laid off because of budget reductions.