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Monday, April 8, 2013

Former Stoughton Interim Town Manager Feaster Appointed to Oversee Closure of Health Center

The Attorney General's office filed a lawsuit last week seeking a court-appointed receiver to oversee the closure of Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center. The court appointed Joseph Feaster, former Stoughton Interim Town Manager.

The following is a press release from the Office of Attorney General Martha Coakley: A court appointed former Stoughton Interim Town Manager Joseph Feaster, a Stoughton resident, as receiver for the Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center (RoxComp) to oversee its closure, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced April 5. On April 4, the AG’s Office filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court seeking a court-appointed receiver to oversee the center’s closure. On April 5, Judge Garry Inge appointed Feaster, an attorney at McKenzie and Associates in Boston, as receiver. Feaster has previously served as Interim President and CEO of the Dimock Community Health Center. As part of his duties overseeing the closure of the RoxComp facility, …

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Stoughton-Based Oil Company to Pay up to $80K Fine for Hazardous Waste Violations

Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office announced Stoughton-based Cyn Oil Corporation will pay up to $80,000 for hazardous waste violations at the Allston rail yard, where allegedly unattended and corroded containers leaked gallons of oil.

The following is a press release from the Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley: A Stoughton-based oil company will pay up to $80,000 to settle allegations of failing to use structurally-sound containers for transporting petroleum-soaked solids to the Allston rail yard that leaked hazardous waste onto the ground, and for failing to properly transfer the containers to a rail transporter for out of state disposal, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced Wednesday.  The complaint, filed with a consent judgment in Suffolk Superior Court last Friday, alleges that Cyn Oil Corporation transported petroleum-soaked solids in 20-yard long roll-off containers to the rail yard in Allston. Instead of properly transferring the …

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Attorney General Coakley to Columbia Gas: "Fly Coach"

Columbia Gas, whose service area includes Stoughton, is seeking to pass "unnecessary" costs, like $100K in corporate jet travel, on to ratepayers as part of proposed $29.2 million rate increase; AG’s office instead seeks $27.9 million rate decrease.

The following is a press release from the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley: Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office is opposing a proposed $29.2 million rate increase by Columbia Gas after an investigation revealed that the company is seeking to pass millions in unnecessary costs, including more than $100,000 in corporate jet travel, on to Massachusetts ratepayers. Bay State Gas Company, doing business as Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, which provides natural gas service to approximately 295,000 customers across Massachusetts, including Stoughton, has filed a proposed rate increase of $29.2 million. In a brief filed Tuesday with the Department of Public Utilities (DPU), the AG’s Office recommends that …

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Friday, April 27, 2012

McGrath and Hudson Represent Stoughton High at Student Government Day

Stoughton High’s Will McGrath and Mackenzie Hudson participated in the 65th Annual Student Government Day at the Massachusetts State House.

Two Stoughton High students recently got to experience a day in the life of an elected state official in Massachusetts.   Dozens of high school students from across the Commonwealth took part in the 65th Annual Student Government Day, held at the Massachusetts State House in Boston, on Friday April 13, including Will McGrath and Mackenzie Hudson from Stoughton High. The students had a hands-on lesson about the role of state government, hearing from a number of elected officials, including Governor Deval Patrick, and actually getting to represent various elected or appointed positions in the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the Massachusetts government. McGrath, a junior at SHS, was the Attorney General for the day. Hudson, a…

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Attorney General to Utility Companies: Refund Customers

AG Martha Coakley wants utility penalties to go to customers.

The Following is a press release from the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley: In the wake of major storms last year that left thousands of Massachusetts customers without power for days, Attorney General Martha Coakley is working with the legislature to implement changes to the law that would direct all penalties paid by utilities directly back to impacted customers through rate credits.  In a letter to the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities & Energy, issued Wednesday, AG Coakley expressed support for a bill filed by Senate Chairman Benjamin Downing (D-Pittsfield) that would require utility companies to implement additional storm-related communications and plan details, and requested that the bill include…

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12:53 pm on Monday, January 16, 2012

As well meaning as this idea is, I am concerned that we customers will end up paying a future "storm management fee" or some other assesment to all of the utilities whether we need it or not. So in the end, we will be paying for our own losses. I can't believe that any industry will willingly repay us without finding a way to recover that money.   more ›

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