Veterans Day 2023

Veterans Day 2023

Today, on Veterans Day - and every day - we honor the brave men and women who have protected our country and thank them for their service.  The sacrifices made by veterans deserve to be memorialized.  It is a privilege to live in a country served so well by selfless patriots.

The unyielding and unchanging core values of our nation; freedom, liberty, and justice, expressed in our founding documents would be unrealized without the bravery and sacrifices of our veterans.

We are blessed to have had men and women wear the uniforms of our military organizations to take action to defend, preserve, and promote those values and principles here and around the world. The family members of our veterans, and of those who wear the uniform today as members, also deserve our deep appreciation.

I encourage you to take some part of your day to remember our military veterans

Plum Island Veterans Day Lunch

Honored to have joined the Newbury community yesterday to celebrate Veterans Day at the PITA Hall on Plum Island for Veterans Day Lunch.

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Amesbury Council Veterans Day

Honored to have joined the Amesbury community earlier this week to celebrate Veterans Day at the Amesbury Council on Aging and VSO’s Veterans Day Luncheon.

Enjoyed spending time with Veterans who gathered from four communities, including Amesbury, Merrimac, Newburyport and Salisbury and hearing the Secretary of the Executive Office of Veteran Services Jon Santiago’s remarks.

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Essex Council Veterans Day

Honored to have joined the Essex community earlier this week to celebrate Veterans Day at the Essex Council on Aging’s Veterans Day Breakfast.

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Rowley Council Veterans Day

Honored to join the Rowley community today to celebrate Veterans Day at the Rowley Council on Aging’s Veterans Day Brunch.

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Seafood Day 2023

Last week, I had the honor of sponsoring Seafood Day at the State House in the Great Hall of Flags proudly hosted by the Massachusetts Fishermen’s Partnership, the Massachusetts Seafood Collaborative and the Fishing Partnership Support Services.

Proud to present the Gubernatorial Proclamation declaring Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 as Seafood Day in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Seafood is food security.  Over 250 million pounds of seafood is provided from our shores – that’s enough to feed every single person in Boston for an entire year.

Let us continue to work together to show leadership in ocean conservation, environmental stewardship, innovative harvesting, innovative processing, innovative distribution to ensure that everyone has the benefit of the bounty of the waters off of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

One Stop for Growth Grant Awards

FY24 Community One Stop for Growth Grant Awards

Last week, I had the privilege of joining Governor Maura Healy, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, Secretary of Economic Development Elaine Hao, Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities Ed Augustus, Mayor Patrick Keefe, and Tom O’Brien, founder, managing partner, and CEO of HYM Investment Group and many legislative colleagues and local officials at the Community One Stop for Growth Announcement, including a MassWorks and HousingWorks Awards Celebration.

The Community One Stop for Growth is the Executive Office of Economic Development’s streamlined application process for communities and other eligible entities seeking to access various economic development grant programs.

There are 12 different state grant programs within the portal that fund economic development projects related to community capacity building, planning and zoning, site preparation, building construction and infrastructure.

The popular MassWorks program is the largest grant program in the One Stop portfolio.

Please find awardees for our district below: