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After a statewide drought last year that fueled wildfires and severely decreased water levels in rivers and streams, plumbers were on Beacon Hill Thursday lobbying for a long overlooked bill to promote gray water recycling and ease pressure on public water systems.

Ratepayers know too well that February was a rough month for retail utility bills in New England, marked by soaring costs that threw household and business budgets out of whack.

The MBTA has not had any federal grants rejected or revoked amid a major belt-tightening campaign by the Trump Administration.

Gov. Maura Healey has spent the last few weeks using her bully pulpit to warn of a brain drain out of Massachusetts, as a consequence of President Donald Trump's cuts to research funding and the threat of foreign-born students being deported.

Of those apprehended, one individual was from Worcester, one from Milford, and two from Marlborough.

ConnectedView has acquired a Connecticut-based church management software company.

Employees are being hired, promoted, and elected to boards throughout Mirick O’Connell, Fletcher Tilton, and MutualOne Bank.

Rediscover Mapledale is working to engage the community to celebrate Hawkins’ patrimony.

One key aspect of continued and sustained growth in the sport will be the opportunities provided by shorter golf courses, which can be enjoyed by scratch golfers and novices alike.

A suite of new academic programs have been added to the catalogue of study at Dean College to best prepare students at the Franklin school for their professional careers.