Desperation and a double bind for Quabbin towns
ADVERTISEMENT New from CommonWealth Beacon POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Just a month after Gov. Maura Healey signed a $63.4 billion budget for fiscal year 2027, the quasi-public Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has laid off 11 people as federal and state policy whipsaw the green energy sector. Plus, signature upheaval in Rachael Rollins’ district attorney bid and a Hanscom hangar retrofit. Jordan Wolman and Chris Lisinski report. excerpt: A $40 million question at Hanscom The developers of a controversial and high-profile effort to add 17 new hangars for private jets at Hanscom Field airport have closed on a $40 million loan to retrofit one existing hangar, according to a bank document reviewed by CommonWealth Beacon —though progress on the larger project remains stalled. The developers have finalized the financial transaction with Needham Bank to fund construction of one hangar previously used by the Navy, confirmed Rick Muse, director of operations for the Hanscom redeve...