Two Massachusetts hospitals owned by bankrupt Steward Health Care are preparing to close next week.About 1,200 employees will be out of work when Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer shut their doors.Earlier this month, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu wrote a letter to the Carney Hospital landlords, urging them to use
An end to the formal session on Beacon Hill left Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s property tax plan in question. “I can’t overemphasize how important this is for the city,” Wu told NBC10 Boston. Empty office buildings are causing commercial property values to plummet and creating a revenue vacuum that without action, would fall on Boston
The Massachusetts House is set to vote on Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s property tax home rule petition later today after Wu and House leaders came to a deal on changes she will make to it by executive order, just one day before the end of the legislature’s formal session on July 31. The clock is
The City of Boston has a property tax problem. Commercial buildings once filled with workers have seen an exodus in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, experiencing a drop in value and putting a strain on tax revenues. “We want to make sure the residents can stay in Boston,” said District 5 City Councilor, Enrique
WORCESTER, Mass. — A Worcester woman says her family was left without more than $11,000 in funds they raised for her mother’s double lung transplant, after a national foundation suddenly shut down. Christina Norris’ mother Donna Sinclair needed the operation in 2018 after suffering from COPD. The family raised more than $35,000 through the National