Service dog raisers grapple with coming closure of MCI-Concord
For more than 20 years, inmates and guards haven’t been the only ones behind the walls of MCI-Concord.
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Last MCI-Concord inmates will be gone by the weekend, state says
The prison won’t be decommissioned until state officials finalize the budget.
‘Our control point’: Local, state officials collaborate on MCI-Concord future
Planning is underway for what might happen after the barbed wire, concrete towers, and imposing brick walls of MCI-Concord come down.
Concord rotary is the most dangerous Route 2 intersection, state study finds
There were 360 crashes — causing at least 61 injuries — at the rotary between 2013 and 2019.
Ahead of MCI-Concord closure, a new focus on West Concord’s future
Concord leaders were caught off guard by the January announcement of the coming closure. Now they're working on legislative angles to ensure they have more control.
MCI-Concord Advisory Board keeping local voice in prison closure plans
"That is ultimately our control point."
With inmates nearly gone, focus turns to what’s next for MCI-Concord
More than half the inmates housed at MCI-Concord when the state announced plans to shutter the 146-year-old men’s prison earlier this year have already been moved to other facilities.
What’s next for Concord’s solar storage battery initiative
Brian Foulds of the Concord Municipal Light Plant Board said Town Meeting voters provided “stakeholder buy-in” with the bonding authorization.
