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BerkShares is a local currency that circulates in The Berkshires region of Massachusetts. It was launched on September 29, 2006 [1] by BerkShares Inc., with research and development assistance from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. The BerkShares website lists around 400 businesses in Berkshire County that accept the currency.
The secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.Originally appointed under authority of the English Crown pursuant to the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company, the office of secretary of the Commonwealth (equivalent to "secretaries of state" in other U.S. jurisdictions) became an elective one in 1780.
Exchange Place (Boston) / 42.35832; -71.05645. Exchange Place is a modern skyscraper located at the block of 43–53 State Street or 1 Exchange Place, between Congress and Kilby Streets, in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1981–1985, it is tied for Boston's 17th tallest building, standing 510 feet (155 m) tall, and ...
House Speaker Ronald Mariano, D-Quincy presents the Massachusetts House fiscal 2025 budget at a press conference Wednesday. The proposed budget is $150 million less than the one proposed in ...
The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency (MassDevelopment) was created in 1998 under Chapter 23G of the Massachusetts General Laws, [1] which merged the Massachusetts Government Land Bank with the Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency. Both a lender and developer, MassDevelopment works with businesses, nonprofits, financial institutions ...
Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With over seven million residents as of 2020, [note 1] it is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the country, and the third-most densely populated, after New Jersey and Rhode Island. Massachusetts was a site of early English colonization.
One by one, colonies began to issue their own paper money to serve as a convenient medium of exchange. On December 10, 1690, the Province of Massachusetts Bay created "the first authorized paper money issued by any government in the Western World". This paper money was issued to pay for a military expedition during King William's War. Other ...
April 13, 2024 at 10:40 AM. Daniel J. Griffin of Belmont leaves U.S. District Court during a break in his federal trial Nov. 28, 2023. WORCESTER ― Federal prosecutors are seeking a 71-month ...