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Rural Western Massachusetts Town Still Doesn’t Have Broadband, Nine Years After ‘Broadband Act’ Signed

Matthew McDonald

The town of Goshen in Hampshire County has a little more than 1,000 people, and no broadband service. Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed the Broadband Act about nine years ago on the steps of Goshen Town Hall, and now the town is receiving a $770,000 Last Mile Infrastructure Grant from the state to bring broadband service to about 96 percent of the town.

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Springfield Catholic Bishop To Commemorate 500th Anniversary of Protestant Reformation in Joint Service With Lutherans

Matthew McDonald

Bishop Mitchell Rozanski, Roman Catholic bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, plans to lead an interfaith prayer service with Reverend Lauren Holm, pastor of Bethesda Lutheran Church, at St. Michael's Cathedral in Springfield on Sunday, October 29. October 31 marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's nailing 95 theses on the door of the church in Wittenberg, Germany.

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