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PITTSFIELD: Berkshire Family YMCA will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on November 10 at 1:00 PM to celebrate the start of a major improvement and renovation program at its Pittsfield Branch located at 292 North St. The program will include keynote speaker, Congressman Richard E Neal, City of Pittsfield Mayor Linda M Tyer, and others invested in the success of the downtown anchor. Tours of… Read more »

Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal voted to create millions of good-paying union jobs with a once-in-a-century investment in rebuilding infrastructure in Massachusetts, including roads and bridges, transit, rail, clean drinking water and wastewater systems and high-speed broadband networks.  The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will repair and modernize crumbling and… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: “Tonight, we finally delivered on historic federal investments in broadband, clean drinking water, public transit, and an array of sustainable infrastructure investments. This… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC—Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) October 2021 jobs report: “This month’s strong jobs report shows that when Americans feel safe, they are right back to work. These broad-based gains across sectors and positive revisions to prior months’ reports show how intertwined our economic… Read more »

Congressman Richard Neal said one way to understand what is happening – and not happening – in the House of Representatives concerning legislation reflecting President Joe Biden’s agenda is to look at the math. Neal explained during an interview on Oct. 18 with Focus Springfield and Reminder Publishing, “The dilemma highlights the arithmetic of the House. At the moment we have a… Read more »

The Eastern States Exposition has been awarded a large grant from the federal government.  Just weeks after nearly 1.5-million people visited the Big E fair, the exposition is receiving $9-million to invest in the grounds. “It's a good day for the Exposition, a good day for West Springfield, a good day for Western Massachusetts,” said Congressman Richard Neal. Officials gathered on… Read more »

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – An announcement by the Small Business Administration was made at Eastern States Exposition Monday afternoon. The Small Business Administration Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG), that provides emergency assistance for eligible venues affected by COVID-19, awarded Eastern States Exposition $9 million. The program was developed by the Economic… Read more »

The Big E received a $9 million grant from the federal Shuttered Venues Operators Grant Program, U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, the Eastern States Exposition and the U.S. Small Business Administration announced on Monday. “Knowing that they will eventually embrace what we call the trampoline effect,” said Neal at a media event in the fairgrounds’ Coliseum. “They’ll hit it and bounce right… Read more »

CHICOPEE — More than $57 million in improvements will move hundreds of Westover Air Reserve Base employees out of the cold, rain, snow or blazing sun and allow them to do many of their jobs more efficiently and comfortably. Military officers joined with federal and local officials Tuesday to break ground on a hangar designed for the inspections base personnel perform on the country’s… Read more »

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – An event was held at Westover Air Reserve Base for the start of a new aircraft maintenance hangar and the completed indoor small-arms firing range. Breaking ground on a new airplane hangar took place at Westover Air Reserve Base Tuesday. The hangar is for maintenance of C-5 aircrafts and the inspection program for them that takes place at Westover. The current… Read more »