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‘We’re a very different town’: Arlington asks for improved bus service, Red Line stop decades after town blocked it
A local leader from Arlington told the MBTA that bus service has deteriorated and that the MBTA should "dust off" its Red Line extension plans. When the Town of Arlington said no to its own Red Line stop nearly 50 years ago, the MBTA scraped its plans for an extension from Harvard Square to Lexington and ended the line at Alewife in Cambridge.
Mass. plankton expert awarded $800K ‘genius grant’
Benjamin Van Mooy is a new MacArthur Fellow, the foundation announced on Thursday. A Massachusetts oceanographer has been awarded a “genius grant” to continue his research on microbial organisms, the MacArthur Foundation announced on Tuesday. Benjamin Van Mooy is a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution...
Mass. bride’s N.C. bachelorette party turns into a hurricane nightmare
“If it weren’t for the kindness of neighbors providing us with hose water and food, it would have been a much worse situation.”. A celebratory weekend quickly turned sour when Hurricane Helene stranded a bride-to-be from Walpole and her 10 friends in the mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, disrupting their bachelorette party.
Brenna Bird explains joining multistate brief against Massachusetts pork ruling
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced this week that Iowa is part of a 22-state appeal asking a court to strike down a pork ban restriction out of Massachusetts. The long-debated "Question 3" restrictions would ban the sale of pork from hogs born and raised...
Boston rabbi concerned about escalating conflict in Israel
BOSTON - Tuesday's airstrike in Israel put Jews across the globe on heightened alert including those right here in Greater Boston. Rabbi Elaine Zecher leads the congregations at Temple Israel of Boston. Rabbi Zecher has family in Israel and called them in the time between when the missiles were fired, and the Iron Dome activated. "I let them know I am thinking of them," Zecher said. "That I am praying for their safety and making sure they are secure. There was that moment when you know the missiles are coming, but you don't know what is going to...
Voter guide: What will be on Massachusetts ballots this November
Election Day is Nov. 5. Here's all you need to know about voting and what's on the ballot in Massachusetts.Why it matters: Bay State voters will decide several crucial ballot questions this year, including the fate of the MCAS exam, whether rideshare drivers can unionize, and if tipped workers should earn the standard minimum wage.Voting in MassachusettsYou can register to vote or update your address online through Oct. 26. After that, you're out of luck.Polling places will be open from 7am to 8pm Tuesday, Nov. 5 for those who want to fill out a ballot the old-fashioned way.If you want...
Duplex in Auburndale sells for $1.6 million
A 1,652-square-foot two-unit house built in 1946 has changed hands. The property located at 152 Lexington Street in Auburndale was sold on Sept. 4, 2024, for $1,550,000, or $938 per square foot. This single-story duplex presents a total of six bedrooms and two baths. The home's outer structure has a gable roof frame, composed of asphalt. The interior features just one fireplace. The lot size of the property measures an impressive 8,899 square feet.
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