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MASSACHUSETTS HOMEOWNERS TO RECEIVE $318 MILLION IN RELIEF AS PART OF STATE-FEDERAL AGREEMENT OVER UNLAWFUL FORECLOSURES AND LOAN SERVICING

Borrowers should contact their mortgage servicer to obtain more information about specific loan modification programs and whether they qualify under terms of the state-federal settlement:  Bank of America: 1-877-488-7814 Citi: 1-866-272-4749 Chase: 1-866-372-6901 GMAC: 1-800-766-4622 Wells Fargo: 1-800-288-3212 More information can be found on the state-federal settlement at the websites below: www.mass.gov/ago/ www.NationalMortgageSettlement.com www.HUD.gov www.DOJ.gov [...]

Firefighter Examination

Firefighter Examination   The Human Resources Division (HRD) has scheduled a Municipal Service Firefighter Examination that will be held on Saturday, April 28, 2012.  This is one of the most important examinations we will conduct in the coming months. I would like to take this opportunity to ask your assistance in providing information to potential [...]

MassDOT Announces Reimbursement for Falmouth for Tropical Storm Irene Repairs

        MassDOT Announces Reimbursement for Falmouth for Tropical Storm Irene Repairs   BOSTON- Thursday, January 19, 2012- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) today announced that President Obama’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is issuing federal funding to pay for repairs in Falmouth in the wake of damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene on August 26, [...]

Keating on MV Jan. 9th, 2012

1-9-12 Vineyard Town Meeting Invite (2) (2)

LAND BANK “BLAIR HOUSE” LEGISLATION SIGNED INTO LAW

BOSTON- An Act Approving the Conveyance by the Nantucket Islands Land Bank of Certain Land Situated in the Town of Nantucket sponsored by State Representative Tim Madden was signed into law this week and is now Chapter 182 of Acts of 2011. This home rule petition allows for the Nantucket Islands Land Bank to convey the [...]

Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Receive Mass in Motion/Community Transformation Grants

BOSTON- State Representative Tim Madden is pleased to announce that Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket will receive a federal grant of $75,000 to expand efforts of active healthy living and quality clinical preventive services as part of the Mass in Motion program. The funds will also be used to promote tobacco-free living by providing resources to [...]

Contract award for Cape Cod Canal bridge repair; Work to start mid-November

Release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Contract award for Cape Cod Canal bridge repair work Corps of Engineers awards $8.5 million contract for work on the Cape Cod Canal highway bridges Work scheduled to start in mid-November CONCORD, Mass. (Oct. 17, 2011) – Work on the Cape Cod Canal highway bridges in Buzzards [...]