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Senate Passes Broadband Stimulus Bill

SENATE PASSES BROADBAND STIMULUS BILL Steps Taken to Ensure Massachusetts is Eligible for Maximum Amount of Federal Funding to Support Broadband Deployment Initiatives Senator Benjamin B. Downing (D-Pittsfield) announces today the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives passed legislation enabling the Commonwealth to take full advantage of federal stimulus funds authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for broadband deployment initiatives. Downing, a major proponent of legislation in 2008 establishing… Read More

Category: Economy Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Broadband, internet, Massachusetts Broadband Institute, Senator Benjamin B. Downing

I (Heart) My Local Public Libraries!

How will the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Assist Libraries? I (heart) my local public libraries! Don’t know what my family would do without them. How amazing is it to have access to more than 8 million items through the Western Massachusetts C/W MARS Libraries Catalog, a network of public, academic, school, regional, and special libraries in Central and Western Massachusetts. Through a quick search we always find titles or movies on… Read More