In the summer of 1990, Vanessa Hale came home from a semester abroad in Ireland with a souvenir she had not planned on: credit card debt. Her father helped her land a job in the campaign office of a family friend running for State Senate. It was the start of a career,...
Each year on October 28, National First Responders Day provides an opportunity to recognize the people who protect our communities when emergencies occur. Police officers, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and dispatchers are often the first professionals who...
State & Local Funding Opportunities This week’s GWW is highlighting state and federal grants supporting public safety, water infrastructure, environmental protection, transportation, community development, and more. Massachusetts Massachusetts Municipal Public...
class="css-justin-feature" aria-label="Trailblazers feature about Justin DeMarco" Long before Justin DeMarco became Maynard's Director of Public Works, he was a boy growing up on the same street as the Department of Public Works in Marlborough. He watched trucks and...
Emergency preparedness depends on more than plans, drills, and kits. It depends on communication systems that work when every second counts. Underneath every emergency response is something easy to take for granted until it fails: the radio connecting a firefighter to...
