“This budget includes many exciting investments for the Commonwealth’s future and reaffirms the legislature’s commitment to providing services and economic opportunities for all our residents,” state Sen. Brendan Crighton said. “It also recognizes the unique needs of communities like Marblehead, supporting projects that reflect the town’s importance to our nation’s history while still focusing on generations to come.”
The funding includes:
- $6,623,479 in Chapter 70 education funding (an increase of $269,152 from FY24).
- $1,402,160 in unrestricted general government aid (an increase of $40,839 from FY24).
- $20,000 for the costs of programming and publications related to the Commonwealth’s 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.
- $25,000 for the Marblehead Museum to rehabilitate the slave quarters and kitchen at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion, a national historic site.
- $50,000 for Girls on the Run Greater Boston Inc. to provide social-emotional-learning and physical-activity curriculum to elementary- and middle-school-age girls in the City of Lynn and the towns of Marblehead, Swampscott, Lynnfield, Nahant, and Saugus.
“The brilliance of Massachusetts is that we are able to treasure our past while preparing for the future, whether it’s through investments in education, our innovation economy, health care, transportation, and so much more,” state Rep. Jenny Armini said. “Marblehead’s role in America’s creation story is virtually unparalleled. I am proud that the state’s budget includes funding to help us share with the world the people and events that made a revolution and free nation possible.”
Marblehead Museum Executive Director Lauren McCormack said the museum is extremely excited and grateful to Armini and Crighton.
“The funds will go a long way to finishing the project and enhancing it for the community,” McCormack said.
