MassRMV Announces 2024 Low Number Plate Lottery

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BOSTON — The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is announcing applications for the 2024 Low Number Plate Lottery will be available online at myRMV Online Service Center beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, June 17, 2024.

To be eligible, applicants must apply for this year's lottery by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 16, 2024. Winners will be notified by mail if selected for a low number plate.  

This year, there are 298 plates available through the low plate lottery. Some of the available low plates include 34, 255, 1912, 2X, 33V, B8, and Z88. 

Applicants should note that there is no fee to apply for the lottery. However, should the applicant be selected as a winner, there is a special plate fee that will be required, as well as a standard registration fee.  

Customers are encouraged to visit the RMV's website or follow @MassRMV on X (formerly Twitter) for details about the lottery plate drawing to be announced later this summer, including the date, time, livestream link, and location of the event.  

In addition, lottery plate applicants will be sent a notification from the RMV to the email address they provided with lottery event details.  

The lottery results will be posted after the drawing on the RMV website.  

Lottery Rules and Eligibility Requirements 

  • Only one entry per applicant will be accepted, regardless of the number of active registrations the applicant has on file with the RMV.  
  • An applicant must be a Massachusetts resident with a currently active, registered, and insured passenger vehicle.  
  • Companies/corporations may not apply.  
  • MassDOT (Registry of Motor Vehicles, Highway, Mass Transit, and Aeronautics) employees, including contract employees, and their immediate family members are not eligible. (“Immediate family member” refers to one's parents, spouse, children, and brothers & sisters.) Individuals involved in the management of MassDOT divisions are also ineligible. 
  • Requests for specific plate numbers will not be honored. Eligible applicants will be considered for all plates listed. Plates will be awarded in the order in which they are listed on Mass.Gov/RMV.  
  • An applicant's registration and license cannot be in a non-renewal, suspended, or revoked status at the time of entry, the time of the drawing, or the time of the plate swap. As such, an applicant must not have any outstanding excise taxes, parking tickets, child support, warrants, or unpaid E-Z Pass/Pay by Plate violations.  
  • Online entries will be accepted beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, June 17, 2024, and must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 16, 2024. 
  • Lottery results will be available on the RMV website: Mass.Gov/RMV. By law, lottery winners must be announced by Sunday, September 15, 2024. 
  • All winners will be notified by mail with instructions on how to transfer their current registration to their new lottery plate. Winners will have until Tuesday, December 31, 2024, to swap their plates. 
  • Unclaimed plates will be forfeited and awarded to the 25 alternate winners after Tuesday, December 31, 2024. 
  • Plates will be registered to the winning applicant only.  
  • All plates remain the property of the RMV even after registration.  
  • All information received, including names of all applicants and the list of winners, is subject to release in accordance with the Massachusetts Public Records law. 

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Berkshire Veterans Mark 50 Years Since Vietnam War End

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — County veterans gathered over the weekend to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War's conclusion, recognizing the horrors that soldiers endured long after returning home.

Master of ceremonies Lenwood "Woody" Vaspra said when most Vietnam veterans returned, there were no tributes, recognition, speeches, parades, or even handshakes.

"For many of them, it was a horrible return home from Vietnam in a very chaotic time," he said to a crowd in Park Square on Saturday, National Vietnam Veterans Day.

The Vietnam War officially ended 50 years ago in May 1975. Fifty-two years ago, the last American troops departed Vietnam. The Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 designated March 29 of each year as National Vietnam War Veterans Day.

"We're here to join together as a people, to honor the brave men and women who have stood in defense of our country and for all the countless men and women who are still serving in harm's way all around the world," Vaspra said.

He explained that this day provides the opportunity to pay special tribute to the many Americans who served in the war, the 58,281 names memorialized on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and to those who never received the recognition they deserve.

"It is time to say thank you and honor all Vietnam veterans," he said.

During his remarks, Vaspra explained that many veterans have been able to re-enter society, go to school, find a job, and raise a family, but their war experience never went away.

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