|
|
Article: New Englandin brief
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
CopyrightCopyright 2009 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Mass. chases stimulus cash for broadband
Hoping to win a new chunk of federal stimulus money, Governor
Deval Patrick pitched the Obama administration yesterday on three
proposals that would expand broadband access in areas of
Massachusetts that lack adequate high-speed connections. Beginning a
two-day visit to Washington, Patrick met with Commerce Secretary
Gary Locke to lobby for projects totaling $154 million that would
expand high-speed Internet availability in Western Massachusetts and
Boston and on Cape Cod.
State Police detective named US marshal
President Obama nominated Detective Lieutenant John Gibbons of
the Massachusetts State Police yesterday to be US marshal for ...