WORCESTER, Mass. - The former site of the Worcester Boys and Girls Club is getting new life as a community arts center.
Creative Hub Worcester is a nonprofit focused on using arts for healing and social change. They plan to have affordable artist studio space in the building where the public can make and sell art.
Built in 1914, the building has been vacant for more… Read more »
WALES — U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal saw firsthand Tuesday the slow but unstoppable cracking that plagues home foundations in Massachusetts and Connecticut built decades ago with pyrrhotite in the concrete, an issue he’s addressed for years in Washington.
“It’s one thing to hear about it,” said state Sen. Anne M. Gobi, who has advocated on behalf… Read more »
WALES, Mass.- Heidi and Lee Hamer built their home in Wales in 1994, after purchasing the property the year before. Their intentions were to create a lifetime of memories inside.
"It's almost tear jerking [kind of], because you figure you'll pass it down to your family, my daughter, but, it's hard," Lee said.
Because of the mineral pyrrhotite in the concrete used to build their… Read more »
WORCESTER - U.S. Reps. James P. McGovern, D-Worcester, and Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, toured the Creative Hub Worcester Community Arts Center on Ionic Avenue Tuesday. Co-Founders Laura Marotta and Stacy Lord guided the visitors through the former Boys Club building that is being revitalized as an educational and arts exhibition center.
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Jim McGovern looked up at the 30,000 square foot brick building at 2 Ionic Ave. in Worcester on Tuesday morning. Within the walls that date back more than a century, the congressman representing Massachusetts’ 2nd District was reminded of the trips he made to the building as a child.
At that time, the city knew the building as the Boys Club. It welcomed nearly 2,000 boys daily for… Read more »
Wales, MA - U.S Congressman Richard E. Neal (MA-01) joined State Senator Anne Gobi (D-Spencer) and State Representative Brian Ashe (D-East Longmeadow), on Tuesday in Wales for a tour of two area homes where the foundation is crumbling due to the presence of pyrrhotite in the concrete aggregate. Pyrrhotite is a rare iron-sulfide mineral that expands, deteriorates, and cracks when exposed… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD – A key member of Congress believes the American Jobs Plan, proposed by President Joseph Biden, will not only address long-standing infrastructure issues, but create millions of jobs to help stabilize the nation from the economic downtown due to the pandemic.
At a press conference at Union Station on April 1, Congressman Richard Neal, chair of the House Ways &… Read more »
Springfield, MA – Congressman Richard E. Neal released the following statement on today’s tragic death of United States Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans.
“My heart broke watching the scene at the US Capitol unfold this afternoon,” said Congressman Richard E. Neal. “Every day I am truly grateful for the brave men and women who work to… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Congressman Richard Neal held a press conference Thursday at Union Station in Springfield to discuss President Biden's new infrastructure plan.
The president introduced the $2 trillion plan on Wednesday and today, Neal said he'll make sure those funds trickle down regionally to western and central Massachusetts.
Neal said more details should come in the… Read more »
CHICOPEE, Mass. - "Airports, roadways, bridges, highways, rail, sewer and water, broadband, housing,” said Congressman Richard Neal. "All of this, I think makes a great deal of sense."
They are all included in President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion Infrastructure Plan. Neal [D-Massachusetts] held a press conference Thursday to speak about the plan and what this means for… Read more »
