A Thousand Million Dollars For Climate Change –‘Green Shockwave’ Predicted for Massachusetts

A Thousand Million Dollars For Climate Change –‘Green Shockwave’ Predicted for Massachusetts

By Chris Lisinski
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE

SOMERVILLE — Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo proposed a sweeping $1 billion environmental grant program Friday that, over the next decade, would fund municipal efforts to build renewable-energy infrastructure and invest in climate resiliency programs.

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14-Year-Old Girl Robs Bank, Police Say

Matthew McDonald

A 14-year-old girl aided by a 15-year-old girl robbed a bank in Fall River, police said.

The first girl walked into Bay Coast Bank at 81 Troy Street about 3:45 p.m. Thursday, February 21 and demanded money, telling a teller she had a bomb and would "blow everything up and kill everybody" if she didn't get the cash, police said, according to the Fall River Herald News.

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