BOSTON – The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust’s (the Trust) Board of Trustees approved $104,199,464 in new low-interest loans and grants at its meeting on December 4, 2025. Below is information on the grants and loans approved at the meeting. The Trust, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection ( MassDEP ), helps communities build or replace water infrastructure that enhances ground and surface water resources, ensures the safety of drinki

Enforcement Effort Focuses on Impaired Driving Prevention BOSTON — To ensure safety for everyone in Massachusetts during the holidays, the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC) will be conducting alcohol enforcement at local bars in Massachusetts cities and towns from Thanksgiving Eve through New Year's Eve.   In doing so, the ABCC hopes to prevent accidents caused by impaired driving and other alcohol-related harm that often occurs at this time of year. The ABCC will

BOSTON, MA  – In a moving ceremony, Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg returned a long-lost Purple Heart to U.S. Army veteran James Mooney of Everett. The military medal, awarded for wounds sustained in combat, was discovered in a forgotten safety deposit box turned over to the Treasurer’s Unclaimed Property Division. This Purple Heart is one of six that have been found in unclaimed safety deposit boxes and are currently held by the Unclaimed Property Division.