LOWELL — The multi-family home at 12 Osgood St. sat open to the elements on Saturday afternoon, its shattered windows offering a clear view up through the space where the roof had burned away several hours earlier.
What turned out to be a two-alarm fire at the two-story structure was first reported at about 5:15 a.m. Saturday, when arriving crews found flames overtaking the attic.
Lowell Deputy Fire Chief Joe Roth said nine residents were displaced, though the building’s owner was able to provide another home for them to stay in.
“There was significant damage to the top floor, with the roof half burnt off,” Roth said. “Significant water and smoke damage throughout the whole building.”
“Uninhabitable at this time,” he added.
He stopped short of saying the structure would be a total loss, but added “there’s a lot of reconstruction there.”
Firefighters remained on scene for hours extinguishing hot spots, working in temperatures that dipped below zero overnight.
Roth said the extreme cold created some problems for crews.
“Ice, slips and falls,” he said, describing the challenges.
A supply line going into the engine truck in front of the building froze during overhaul operations, forcing crews to replace it. Some hand lines also froze.
Roth said the last of the crews left the scene at about 10:30 a.m.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
In the afternoon, the damage was evident at the home, with singed debris — including a pair of mattresses — lying on the ice-coated ground outside the structure. Icicles created by the water used to battle the flames hung off the home’s siding and from the branches of nearby trees.
The top of the structure’s brick chimney lay severed in a snowbank next to the building.
A woman who lives across the narrow street pointed out the sheet of ice completely covering her daughter’s car from the firefighting water, along with black embers still scattered across it.
A sign posted on the boarded-up front door of 12 Osgood St. stated, “Danger,” followed by “this structure is deemed unsafe for human occupation,” and “it is unlawful for any person to enter or occupy.”
Saturday morning’s blaze came less than two days after another two-alarm fire caused significant damage to a single-family home at 20 Otis St. That fire was also fought in sub-freezing temperatures, though the conditions were not as severe.
No injuries were reported in that fire, which also remains under investigation.
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“Our community is crushed by the tragic loss of life. Our hearts are broken for the crew and for their families, friends, and neighbors,” the Catholic Community of Gloucester & Rockport posted on Instagram. “As a people united in prayer, fellowship, and service, we come together as one family to love, embrace, and support each other.”
The memorial mass is scheduled for Sunday at 4 p.m., at Saint Ann Church in Gloucester.
The U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday suspended the search for seven people who were aboard a commercial fishing vessel that sank off the coast of Cape Ann in rough, frigid waters.
The Coast Guard launched a search and rescue mission early Friday after receiving an alert from the 72-foot Lily Jean about 25 miles off Cape Ann. Searchers found a debris field near where the alert was sent along with a body in the water and an empty life raft, the Coast Guard said.
Crews covered about 1,000 square miles using aircraft, cutters and small boats over a 24-hour period. However, after consultation between search and rescue mission coordinators and on-scene commanders, the Coast Guard announced Saturday that it had determined that all reasonable search efforts for the missing crew members had been exhausted.
Officials said there wasn’t a mayday call from Lily Jean as it navigated the frigid Atlantic Ocean on its way home to Gloucester, Massachusetts, America’s oldest fishing port. The Coast Guard was notified by the boat’s beacon that alerts when it hits the water.
The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the sinking. Officials did not immediately release the names of those who were lost.
“We are deep in sorrow, but we are a strong community, and we will rise, we will rise to this occasion,” Republican state Sen. Bruce Tarr said during an emotional news conference Saturday.
The Coast Guard’s Sector Boston commander, Jamie Frederick, said frigid temperatures and stormy conditions made finding survivors at night difficult, a task made more challenging with a nor’easter approaching the East Coast this weekend. Searchers dealt with 7- to 10-foot seas and freezing ocean spray, Frederick said.
At the time of the emergency alert, the National Weather Service said wind speeds out at sea were around 27 mph with waves around 4 feet high. It was 12 degrees Fahrenheit with water temperatures about 39 degrees.
Frederick said there was “no single clue” to lead officials to determine what happened to the Lily Jean so far.
“The debris looked like anything that would be loose on a deck, things that float off a fishing deck,” he said.
It is the latest maritime tragedy to befall Gloucester and its close-knit community of people in the fishing business. The city that inspired “The Perfect Storm” is tied to its fishing heritage in a way that has brought 400 years of history and, sometimes, tragedy. That book and movie were inspired by the FV Andrea Gail, which went missing at sea in 1991.
Vito Giacalone, head of the Gloucester Fishing Community Preservation Fund, described the fishing community as a brotherhood that was grieving and in shock.
“Everybody’s just heartbroken,” Giacalone told The Associated Press in a phone interview Saturday. “To have that many lives lost all at once, we haven’t seen that in a long time.”
Paul Lundberg, Gloucester’s mayor, said the names of those on the Lily Jean would be added to a city memorial honoring thousands of fishermen who have been lost at sea.
The Lily Jean, its captain, Gus Sanfilippo, and his crew were featured in a 2012 episode of the History Channel show “Nor’Easter Men.” Sanfilippo is described as a fifth-generation commercial fisherman, fishing out of Gloucester, in the Georges Bank. The crew is shown working in dangerous weather conditions for hours on end, spending as many as 10 days at sea on one trip fishing for haddock, lobster and flounder.
“We loved each other,” Giacalone said about his relationship with Sanfilippo. “He treated me like a big brother and I treated him like my younger brother. To know the tragedy of this and to know the kind of character that Gus had, he’d be mortified to know that these lives were all lost.”
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said a fishery observer was on board the vessel. Fishery observers are workers who collect data on board fishing boats for the government to use to craft regulations.
NOAA Fisheries said observer deployments would be suspended until after midnight Wednesday due to the sinking and the weather in the Northeast.
BOSTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from ending temporary protections from deportation that had been granted to thousands of Ethiopians living in the United States.
U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston said he would issue an order delaying the February 13 effective date of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s termination of the temporary protected status granted to over 5,000 Ethiopians in order to provide more time for a legal challenge to be heard.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston, Editing by Franklin Paul)
One year after a midair collision over the Potomac River killed everyone on board an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter, the Boston skating community gathered Thursday night to remember those lives lost — including six members of the Skating Club of Boston.
A public tribute at the Boston Common marked the anniversary of the January crash in Washington, D.C., which killed all 67 people involved.
During the ceremony, 28 names were read aloud — members of the U.S. skating community who died in the crash.
Families of victims gathered in Washington for a memorial service in honor of the 67 people killed in the crash over the Potomac.
U.S. figure skating team member Jimmy Ma reflected on the loss and the perspective it brought.
“We never get to appreciate what we really, really have in front of us,” he said.
In the wake of tragedy, the skating community has grown closer — bonding through grief.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, who attended the Boston Common tribute, said she was moved by what she witnessed.
“I was just so struck by the strength and the resilience of the community of the Boston skating club, and it’s a model for Massachusetts and this country, in terms of what community really looks like,” she said.
The collision occurred when a Black Hawk helicopter struck American Airlines Flight 5342 over the Potomac River. Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board concluded this week the crash was preventable.
Skating Club of Boston CEO and Executive Director Doug Zeghibe said the findings were difficult to hear.
“At a disbelief when you hear from the hearings and the reports how senseless this was,” said Zeghibe. “You hope that there’s going to be significant change — and not change that is publicized but never really happens, but change that is actual, real, and is acted up upon and is long-term.”
For Ma, the loss has reshaped his outlook — turning grief into purpose.
“We are not defined by how we felt at a specific time, but how we act in the face of darkness,” said Ma.
He said honoring those lost means carrying their memory forward, including Spencer Lane and his mother, Christine; Jinna Han and her mother, Jin; and coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.
“It wasn’t just about the sport anymore,” he said. “It was about community, and I just wanted to take a step back and appreciate that more, instead of just thinking about what my goals were.”
Thursday’s tribute allowed the public to grieve alongside the skating community. As the club continues to honor those lost, it is also moving forward: Three members of the Skating Club of Boston have made the Olympic team and are set to compete in Milan Cortina starting next week. Coverage will air on NBC10 Boston and stream on Peacock.
Changes are coming to federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota.
Days after the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents, the Trump administration pulled back Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino from the state and brought in border czar Tom Homan instead.
Some have suggested the move sidelines Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, but President Donald Trump has said he still supports her in that role.
“She absolutely should be fired by the president,” said Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts.
President Donald Trump talked about the killing of Alex Pretti while visting a restaurant in Iowa.
Democrats believe this is a critical moment. Moulton traveled to Minneapolis on Tuesday and spoke with NBC10 Boston shortly after landing, applauding the president’s most recent steps, but couching that praise with a stark reminder.
“I guess there’s a little bit of hope in some of the actions that the administration is taking, but let’s be clear, they’re only taking these actions because two American patriots are dead on the streets of Minneapolis,” he said.
The congressman is in Minnesota in an official capacity carrying out Congressional oversight duties.
“This could be coming to Massachusetts next, so we need to be prepared, and there’s no better way to prepare for Massachusetts than to understand what’s going on in Minneapolis,” Moulton said.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump has not labeled Alex Pretti a domestic terrorist and will let the investigation determine the facts.
Others, like fellow Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts, are calling on Congress to act.
“The president is starting to buckle,” said Auchincloss. “Which means that those of us who support the Constitution and civil rights and due process need to press even harder.”
The White House has faced similar criticism from Republicans in the wake of this weekend’s shooting. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, both Republicans, joined a chorus of Democratic lawmakers calling for Noem’s resignation, NBC News reported Tuesday.
Local GOP strategists say the recent pivot in Minnesota is warranted.
“I think the president, taking the initiative to understand that tensions are probably higher than anybody anticipated it becoming, I think he did the right thing,” said Republican strategist Ozzie Palomo.
Even so, Trump maintains immigration enforcement is needed in Minnesota and beyond. “We can’t lose sight of the fact,” he told reporters before departing the White House.
It was a relatively quiet start to 2026, with winter storms bringing heavy snow to the typical snow belts. The hardest-hit states included Michigan and New York, where lake-effect snows have added up, with some areas seeing well over 100 inches.
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Snow was reported from New Mexico and Texas to Maine
Freezing rain and sleet brought icy conditions to Mid-South and South
Five tornadoes touched down in Alabama and Florida on Sunday
However, the Mid-South, Mid-Atlantic, and even the Northeast hadn’t seen as active a start. In fact, these regions began the year with temperatures above average, some even having top ten warmest starts to January. But all of that changed on Jan. 23.
At one point, a large storm stretched over two-thousand miles, with millions of people under a weather alert.
Southern snow and ice totals
Two storm systems merged as arctic air surged south across much of the U.S. By Jan. 23, snow began falling in New Mexico. The highest snowfall accumulated near Bonita Lake, NM., where 31 inches of snow fell.
As the storm emerged east of New Mexico into Texas, it picked up moisture from the Gulf. Snow, sleet and freezing rain fell across the South. Dallas and Fort Worth, TX., picked up 1 to 2 inches with bitter cold that followed.
Northern Arkansas and Oklahoma saw higher totals, ranging from 6 to 8 inches, with a mix of sleet and freezing rain in parts of Arkansas.
Mid-South snow and ice
By Saturday, Jan. 24, snow and ice moved through the Mid-South, with the heaviest snow occurring Saturday night into Sunday across Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Illinois.
With cold air in place in Missouri, snowfall totals range from 5 inches around Kansas City to over a foot of snow south of St. Louis. Kentucky saw snow at the onset before switching to a mix of snow and sleet, which limited the totals.
As the storm moved through Illinois, Indiana and Ohio Saturday into Sunday, it was mainly a snow event. Totals ranged from 6 to 9 inches across the region.
The Northeast and New England snow
With cold air in place in the north, it was an all-snow event in this region. The storm dumped over a foot of snow onto New York City, with the Boston area picking up nearly two feet of snow Sunday through Monday evening.
York, Maine, in the southern part of the state, accumulated 20 inches of snow.
Mid-Atlantic snow and ice
Snow fell in parts of the Mid-Atlantic before changing to sleet. Washington D.C. saw nearly 7 inches of snow before it mixed with and changed to sleet.
Central North Carolina picked up a few flakes before it mixed with and changed over to sleet. While not as icy as freezing, sleet still caused treacherous road conditions.
Southeast snow and ice totals
The colder air was in place in the northern parts of Alabama, Georgia and Upstate South Carolina. Some snow fell at the onset of the storm before mixing with and changing to sleet and freezing rain. Ice Storm Warnings were posted on Sundy and Monday across the region.
Severe side of the storm
The National Weather Service confirmed that five tornadoes touched down on Sunday. Four of them in Alabama and one in Florida. The highest rated tornado was an EF2 with winds estimated of 115 mph in Geneva County, Ala.
Airport delays
With all of the intense weather of the pass few days, airport delays and cancelations are prevalent. Here’s the latest below.
Cold air remains locked in place for the eastern two-thirds of the country.
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This has always felt like a free season. At some point, the shoe would probably drop, the kid quarterback would eventually fall on his face, midnight would strike, and New Englanders could get on with their lives.
BOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey is seeking to blunt the impact to state coffers from changes to the federal tax code under President Donald Trump’s new tax cuts and policy law, but business groups say the move would hurt Massachusetts’ competitiveness.
Healey has filed legislation that would delay implementation of what she described as the five “most costliest” changes in federal tax code created by Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act until next year.
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LOWELL — The murder retrial of Billy, Billoeum, and Channa Phan is officially ready to proceed.
Jury impanelment is scheduled to begin in Middlesex Superior Court on Monday morning — or Tuesday if the winter storm forces the Kiernan Judicial Center to close.
The schedule was set on Friday during the final pretrial hearing, where Judge Chris Barry-Smith also denied a defense motion to dismiss the indictment against one of the three brothers, each charged with first-degree murder for the shooting death of 22-year-old Tyrone Phet outside his Lowell home in 2020.
Barry-Smith rejected the bid by attorney William Dolan, who represents defendant Channa Phan, ruling that although the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office failed to turn over information tied to a gang-motive theory in a timely fashion, the lapse did not rise to the level requiring dismissal.
Prosecutors have argued the residence functioned as a stash house for the Outlaws, street gang, which they claim the Phan brothers are members of. Due to the shooting, a search warrant was obtained by the Lowell Police for the Wilder Street home, where officers seized guns, ammunition, 200 grams of cocaine, and 100,000 pressed pills containing methamphetamine.
The shooting — allegedly carried out by rival gang Crazy Mob Family — triggered a retaliatory motive for the killing of Phet less than 24 hours later.
Phet was not alleged to be a CMF member, but prosecutors contend he lived in the same Spring Avenue building where a CMF member once resided.
Phet was shot to death in a hail of gunfire while sitting in his car outside the multi-family residence at 55 Spring Ave. Phet — a 2016 Chelmsford High graduate and captain of the football team his senior year — was struck eight times during the shooting.
The Lowell Police recovered 21 spent shell casings at the scene from two different caliber guns.
Barry‑Smith said the prosecution’s decision to pursue a broader gang theory in the retrial “not surprisingly” prompted the defense to seek all information police and prosecutors possessed about the Wilder Street shooting and subsequent search warrant.
Prior to the first trial — which ended in a mistrial after jurors became deadlocked —prosecutors turned over the police report about the incident but not the underlying investigative materials, Barry‑Smith said. That omission was not a major point of contention at the time because the initial trial’s lead prosecutor — former Middlesex Assistant District Attorney Daniel Harren — had elected not to pursue a wide‑ranging gang theory.
Once the new prosecution team sought to expand that scope, Barry‑Smith said, they were obligated to produce the full set of Wilder Street information — something they did not do until recent weeks.
“The Commonwealth’s principal shortcoming is that failure to produce Wilder Street information once it determined Wilder Street was relevant to the case,” Barry‑Smith said, adding that a secondary issue was that prosecutors “were not adequately familiar” with what evidence had been turned over during the first four years of the case, leading to a misunderstanding.
The judge described the discovery violation as the product of “mistake, inadvertence, misunderstanding, and a failure to be fully familiar” with prior disclosures — not an attempt to ambush the defense.
“It was not delivered, nor was it designed to spring evidence upon the defense,” Barry‑Smith said.
The judge reiterated that he has already denied the Commonwealth’s request to expand the scope of gang evidence for the retrial, calling the proposed showing “too thin.”
The Wilder Street material may be considered for rebuttal, but that will depend on how the trial unfolds.
Because prosecutors have since turned over the missing materials, and because the expanded gang theory will not be permitted, Barry‑Smith said dismissal was not warranted.
“I don’t find that the District Attorney’s Office’s conduct was purposeful or egregious,” he said.
As for jury selection, the expectation is it will take two days to get the needed pool of 16 jurors.
The trial will run daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, with an hour‑long lunch break. Barry‑Smith said the case is expected to conclude by the end of the week of Feb. 9.
Middlesex Assistant District Attorney Thomas Brant told Barry-Smith that the prosecution intends to call more than 40 witnesses.
Brant also raised a scheduling wrinkle: Feb. 8 is Super Bowl Sunday, and with the New England Patriots still in contention for a spot in Super Bowl 60 as of the hearing, juror availability and the scheduling of witnesses could be affected.
“I don’t care, and my desire is to move the case as quickly as possible, but …” Brant said.
“I hadn’t thought of that,” Barry‑Smith replied, adding that he may delay the Feb. 9 start time to as late as 10 a.m.
“I might delay things on that Monday, but I’m not going to call it off,” he said.’
The Sun will publish weekly wrap-ups on the trial’s progress, with summaries appearing this Sunday and again on Feb. 8. A final story detailing the verdict will follow shortly after the jury reaches a decision, with the latest possible publication date being Feb. 15.
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BOSTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) – A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s push to terminate the legal status of more than 8,400 family members of U.S. citizens and green card holders who moved to the United States from seven Latin American countries.
Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction late on Saturday that prevents the Department of Homeland Security from ending the humanitarian parole granted to thousands of people from Cuba, Haiti, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
They had been allowed to move to the United States under family reunification parole programs that were created or modernized by Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration.
Since Republican President Donald Trump succeeded Biden, his administration has ramped up immigration enforcement with $170 billion budgeted for immigration agencies through September 2029, a historic sum.
Under the family reunification programs, U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents, also known as green card holders, could apply to serve as sponsors for family members in those seven countries, letting them live in the U.S. while they waited for their immigrant visas to become available.
The Homeland Security Department said on December 12 it was ending the programs on the grounds that they were inconsistent with Trump’s immigration enforcement priorities and were abused to allow “poorly vetted aliens to circumvent the traditional parole process.”
The termination was originally set to take effect January 14, but Talwani issued a temporary restraining order blocking it for 14 days while she considered whether to issue Saturday’s longer-term injunction.
Talwani said the department, led by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, had provided no support for its fraud concerns or considered whether individuals could feasibly return to their home countries, where many had sold homes or left jobs.
“The Secretary could not provide a reasoned explanation of the agency’s change in policy without acknowledging these interests,” wrote Talwani, who was appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama. “Accordingly, failure to do so was arbitrary and capricious.”
The department did not respond to a request for comment.
The ruling came in a class action lawsuit pursued by immigrant rights advocates challenging the administration’s broader rollback of temporary parole granted to hundreds of thousands of migrants.
Talwani earlier in that case blocked the administration from ending grants of parole to about 430,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, but the Supreme Court lifted her order, which an appeals court later overturned.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston;Editing by Helen Popper)
MassBio, the state membership association for the biopharma industry, said its Legislator of the Year Award will now honor the late Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante, R-Gloucester, who was co-chair of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Caucus.
The recognition, presented annually at MassBio’s Policy Leadership Breakfast for nearly 15 years, is given to a member of the state Legislature for leadership and advocacy in support of the Massachusetts life sciences ecosystem.
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BOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey vows to reduce energy costs, improve health care, build more housing, fix the state’s transportation system, and push back against the Trump administration’s divisive policies.
Settling into her fourth year in office and seeking another term in the November elections, Healey used her State of the Commonwealth address on Thursday to tout her accomplishments and outline her priorities for 2026 and beyond.
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BOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey vows to reduce energy costs, improve health care, build more housing, fix the state’s transportation system, and push back against the Trump administration’s divisive policies.
Settling into her fourth year in office and seeking another term in the November elections, Healey used her State of the Commonwealth address on Thursday to tout her accomplishments and outline her priorities for 2026 and beyond.
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Top Massachusetts House Democrats on Tuesday suggested policymakers might be facing a reality check as to how impactful their actions can be on the energy affordability front.
“There isn’t enough that you can give these people off the bill, with our tools, that’s significant to have an impact. That’s the reality,” House Speaker Ron Mariano said after meeting privately with representatives to discuss possible approaches to lowering energy costs.
“Everyone’s shocked at the rates, the increase of the rates. The fact that the feds took all our alternative energy sources off the table — we had invested in offshore wind, we were committed to bringing that in, as an alternative energy source, and the feds pulled the rug right out from underneath us,” Mariano said, referring to the Trump administration’s consistent efforts to stop large-scale offshore wind power projects.
Massachusetts’ governor focused on affordability and President Donald Trump’s federal government in her speech.
“It’s absolutely hard to have an impact on the bills when the things you’re going to use for alternatives, you can’t use them anymore,” Mariano added.
House Ways and Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz, who co-hosted the meetings Tuesday and Thursday, suggested the House might be considering long-term utility bill relief when asked Thursday about specific solutions.
“One thing we’ve talked about is long-term, trying to figure out, you know, create some stability and predictability in these electrical bills long-term, while also maintaining the balance of sticking to our principles and what we’ve done in the past, in terms of trying to commit to our climate goals and reducing our carbon emission,” Michlewitz said.
The North End Democrat confirmed on Tuesday that changes to the state’s 2030 emissions reduction mandates are “off the table” in any near-term energy affordability legislation. Environmental advocates in the fall slammed a House bill drafted by Telecommunications, Energy and Utilities Committee members for the rollbacks it would have made to the state’s emissions reduction statutes.
“It’s a tricky balance to do both,” Michlewitz added Thursday. “I think we’re trying to find the — thread the right needle, in relation to this legislation to find a pathway to some type of goal of reducing the bills while also sticking to our principles.”
Energy Committee Co-Chair Rep. Mark Cusack added: “And also being realistic of what we can actually affect on a bill as policymakers.”
“Trying to get immediate relief, there’s very few different buckets you can actually access — like Mass Save, ACP [alternative compliance] payments. Clearly, the governor is using that money as well. So different areas like that,” Cusack said when asked about what realistic options could be.
“But, you know, the utilities aren’t thrilled with what was in the bill that came out of the committee — there’s a lot of haircutting going on for them,” Cusack added. “But just explaining to the membership in the larger picture that this is very technical, difficult, but fitting all the pieces together. It’s not as simple as saying, ‘Oh, we’re just going to cut bills in half. It’s not realistic.”
Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday that the state will use $180 million to help temporarily reduce residential electric and gas bills this winter. That $180 million stems from alternative compliance payments that can only go toward electric ratepayer relief and covers an estimated 15% reduction in electric bills, the administration said.
House and Senate Republicans last week proposed a bill that requires 50% of alternative compliance payments made in connection with the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard to be returned to utility customers in each of the next three years. The ACP revenue is currently deposited in a fund overseen by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center for use in clean energy projects, the Republicans said, and the change would return between between $198 million and $207 million over three years. The GOP bill, which authors say could provide $147 million in first-year savings, also calls for the Mass Save energy efficiency program to be restructured.
Utilities also plan to defer an estimated 10% of gas bills for later payments for their customers.
I was born and grew up and raised at the Curling Club. That club, Broomstones in Wayland, Massachusetts, *** place with *** down to earth approach to the sport. It was so nice growing up there. Some curling clubs have more of *** commercial business feel, and then there’s curling clubs that have *** real homey feel, and Brimstones is top of the list in terms of. That home club feel, um, and that’s like one of the things, probably the thing I appreciate most about Brimstones. Dropkin learned precision, teamwork, and strategy there. Three core principles he mastered, resulting in early success, *** bronze medal at the Junior Olympics. You know, it was that moment where I was like, wow, this is incredible. Like look at this medal. Now I want some more of this. Unfortunately, international success eluded him until now. With his mixed doubles partner Corey Thiessen, he’s headed to his first Olympic Games, something he visualized would happen for *** very long time. It’s just knowing that if I keep my head down, if I keep working hard, and if I keep dreaming big, that one day I can get there, and it might not be smooth because it hasn’t been smooth sailing, but if I don’t, if I don’t let up, if I don’t. You know, if I keep going, I can get there. And now he’s there. Dropkin and Thiessen playfully use the nickname Corey and Corey to reference their team. On the road to Milan Cortina, I’m Fletcher Mackle.
Olympic games a long time coming for Team USA curler Korey Dropkin
The first curling club was founded in Scotland in 1716, but curling didn’t become an Olympic medal sport until the 1998 games in Nagano.As a child, Korey Dropkin watched Olympic curling on TV, and it was love at first sight. “I was born and raised growing up at the curling club,” Dropkin said.That club, Broomstones in Wayland, Massachusetts, a place with a down-to-earth approach to the sport.”It was so nice growing up there, you know, some clubs have a commercial, business-like feel, and then there’s curling clubs that have a real homey feel, and Broomstones is top of the list in having that home club feel,” Dropkin said.Dropkin learned precision, teamwork and strategy there, three core principles he mastered, resulting in early success, a bronze medal at the Junior Olympics.”It was that moment when I was like, this is incredible, like look at this medal, now I want some more of this,” Dropkin said.Unfortunately, international success eluded him until now. Teaming with mixed doubles partner Cory Thiesse, he’s headed to his first Olympic Games, something he visualized for a long time.”Just knowing that if I keep my head down and I keep working hard and dreaming big, I could get there, and it might not be smooth because it hasn’t been smooth sailing, but if I don’t let up, if I keep going i can get there,” Dropkin said. And now he’s there. Dropkin and Thiesse use the playful nickname “Cory and Korey” for their team.
The first curling club was founded in Scotland in 1716, but curling didn’t become an Olympic medal sport until the 1998 games in Nagano.
As a child, Korey Dropkin watched Olympic curling on TV, and it was love at first sight.
“I was born and raised growing up at the curling club,” Dropkin said.
That club, Broomstones in Wayland, Massachusetts, a place with a down-to-earth approach to the sport.
“It was so nice growing up there, you know, some clubs have a commercial, business-like feel, and then there’s curling clubs that have a real homey feel, and Broomstones is top of the list in having that home club feel,” Dropkin said.
Dropkin learned precision, teamwork and strategy there, three core principles he mastered, resulting in early success, a bronze medal at the Junior Olympics.
“It was that moment when I was like, this is incredible, like look at this medal, now I want some more of this,” Dropkin said.
Unfortunately, international success eluded him until now. Teaming with mixed doubles partner Cory Thiesse, he’s headed to his first Olympic Games, something he visualized for a long time.
“Just knowing that if I keep my head down and I keep working hard and dreaming big, I could get there, and it might not be smooth because it hasn’t been smooth sailing, but if I don’t let up, if I keep going i can get there,” Dropkin said.
And now he’s there. Dropkin and Thiesse use the playful nickname “Cory and Korey” for their team.
I was born and grew up and raised at the Curling Club. That club, Broomstones in Wayland, Massachusetts, *** place with *** down to earth approach to the sport. It was so nice growing up there. Some curling clubs have more of *** commercial business feel, and then there’s curling clubs that have *** real homey feel, and Brimstones is top of the list in terms of. That home club feel, um, and that’s like one of the things, probably the thing I appreciate most about Brimstones. Dropkin learned precision, teamwork, and strategy there. Three core principles he mastered, resulting in early success, *** bronze medal at the Junior Olympics. You know, it was that moment where I was like, wow, this is incredible. Like look at this medal. Now I want some more of this. Unfortunately, international success eluded him until now. With his mixed doubles partner Corey Thiessen, he’s headed to his first Olympic Games, something he visualized would happen for *** very long time. It’s just knowing that if I keep my head down, if I keep working hard, and if I keep dreaming big, that one day I can get there, and it might not be smooth because it hasn’t been smooth sailing, but if I don’t, if I don’t let up, if I don’t. You know, if I keep going, I can get there. And now he’s there. Dropkin and Thiessen playfully use the nickname Corey and Corey to reference their team. On the road to Milan Cortina, I’m Fletcher Mackle.
Olympic games a long time coming for Team USA curler Korey Dropkin
The first curling club was founded in Scotland in 1716, but curling didn’t become an Olympic medal sport until the 1998 games in Nagano.As a child, Korey Dropkin watched Olympic curling on TV, and it was love at first sight. “I was born and raised growing up at the curling club,” Dropkin said.That club, Broomstones in Wayland, Massachusetts, a place with a down-to-earth approach to the sport.”It was so nice growing up there, you know, some clubs have a commercial, business-like feel, and then there’s curling clubs that have a real homey feel, and Broomstones is top of the list in having that home club feel,” Dropkin said.Dropkin learned precision, teamwork and strategy there, three core principles he mastered, resulting in early success, a bronze medal at the Junior Olympics.”It was that moment when I was like, this is incredible, like look at this medal, now I want some more of this,” Dropkin said.Unfortunately, international success eluded him until now. Teaming with mixed doubles partner Cory Thiesse, he’s headed to his first Olympic Games, something he visualized for a long time.”Just knowing that if I keep my head down and I keep working hard and dreaming big, I could get there, and it might not be smooth because it hasn’t been smooth sailing, but if I don’t let up, if I keep going i can get there,” Dropkin said. And now he’s there. Dropkin and Thiesse use the playful nickname “Cory and Korey” for their team.
The first curling club was founded in Scotland in 1716, but curling didn’t become an Olympic medal sport until the 1998 games in Nagano.
As a child, Korey Dropkin watched Olympic curling on TV, and it was love at first sight.
“I was born and raised growing up at the curling club,” Dropkin said.
That club, Broomstones in Wayland, Massachusetts, a place with a down-to-earth approach to the sport.
“It was so nice growing up there, you know, some clubs have a commercial, business-like feel, and then there’s curling clubs that have a real homey feel, and Broomstones is top of the list in having that home club feel,” Dropkin said.
Dropkin learned precision, teamwork and strategy there, three core principles he mastered, resulting in early success, a bronze medal at the Junior Olympics.
“It was that moment when I was like, this is incredible, like look at this medal, now I want some more of this,” Dropkin said.
Unfortunately, international success eluded him until now. Teaming with mixed doubles partner Cory Thiesse, he’s headed to his first Olympic Games, something he visualized for a long time.
“Just knowing that if I keep my head down and I keep working hard and dreaming big, I could get there, and it might not be smooth because it hasn’t been smooth sailing, but if I don’t let up, if I keep going i can get there,” Dropkin said.
And now he’s there. Dropkin and Thiesse use the playful nickname “Cory and Korey” for their team.
Police in Worcester, Massachusetts, are asking for the public’s help in locating a teen who was last seen on Monday morning.
Worcester police said they are looking for 14-year-old Michael Pitsillides, and asked anyone who lives in the area of Gate Lane to check their outdoor security cameras to see if it shows any activity of a person between midnight and 6 a.m. on Monday.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 508-799-8606 or 508-799-8651.