SMOC is a $75 million organization with 685 employees providing 60,000 clients a year with services that include housing, behavioral health, child care and domestic violence intervention.

SMOC provides housing for low-income clients, some with mental health or substance abuse issues. Selectmen had put off approving the license last week because they were concerned that police had ...

U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., secured $900,000 for the South Middlesex Opportunity Council to get a new HVAC system for its child care center.

He said SMOC's clout in securing government money will improve the center's chance to get that money. According to public tax documents, the MLK center was operating in the red from 2008 until at ...