A 10-year effort to remove fossil-fuel sources of heat has ended at the building of the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence with the installation of heat pumps, a society member said.
Five gas-burning furnaces in the basement, a commercial gas range in the kitchen, and a gas water heater are now gone, the chairman of the society's Climate Action Group told the Hampshire Daily Gazette.
Somerville police have gone through training on how to deal with homosexual and transgender people for the past three years, a police official said.
"In 2021, we had training on unconscious or implicit bias. In 2022, we had training on cultural competency. In 2023, we focused on hate crimes. And specifically, they all had a section with the LGBTQ-plus community. We also have a policy written – extensive policy – with regards to this and with definitions and how to handle situations involving members of the LGBT-plus community, as well," said Christopher Ward, the deputy chief of the Somerville Police Department, during a meeting Monday, December 11 of the Somerville City Council's Equity, Gender, Seniors, Families, and Vulnerable Populations Committee.
