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Advocate says migrant, unhoused families were planning to sleep at MBTA station
QUINCY - The state has made it clear that its emergency shelter program is at capacity. That has not stopped dozens of migrants heading to Massachusetts through any number of federal programs. Last week, the state announced it would stop allowing so-called "newcomers" to sleep at Logan Airport. Families had been sleeping there when they first arrived in Boston through the airport's Terminal E. In doing so, the state said families would be sent straight to emergency shelters like the one in Norfolk at the old Bay State Correctional Center.On Tuesday, WBZ-TV found dozens of people being dropped off...
Former Senator Scott Brown frustrated by state of politics, recalls "petty" sabotage
BOSTON - In the wake of Saturday's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, there have been bipartisan calls for political unity and restraint, but is that really possible?"I'd be lying if I said I'm not frustrated with the state of politics," said Scott Brown, former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and former Ambassador to New Zealand. Brown, who spoke to WBZ from Milwaukee where his band, Scott Brown and the Diplomats is performing at a Republican National Convention related event, has been out of elective politics since losing his 2014 bid to return to the Senate. His close ties to...
Noah Kahan livestreaming sold-out Fenway Park shows
BOSTON — Singer Noah Kahan, a Vermont native, takes the stage Thursday and Friday at Boston's Fenway Park, both shows sold out to fans who resonate with the singer's message of breaking the stigma surrounding mental health. "It's more important than ever how we're destigmatizing mental health and things...
‘City Splash’ Returns to the Charles
Photo Courtesy Artemisia Luk The Charles River Conservancy’s annual swim, ‘City Splash,’ returned on Saturday, July 13, to Fiedler Dock on the Charles River Esplanade. Pictured participants include top row, standing, left to right: Sen. Sal DiDomenico; Lonsdale Koester (CRC Board Chair); Simeen Ali Mohsen (CRC Board); Mary McCarthy (Department of Conservation and Recreation); Sen. Will Brownsberger; Matthew O’Malley (Vicinity); Cllr. Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler; and Rep. Jay Livingstone; bottom row, left to right: Nayeli Rodriguez (CRC Board); Laura Jasinski (CRC Executive Director); Cllr. Patricia Nolan; and Jen Mergel (Esplanade Association Executive Director).
‘Boston Rat Action Plan’ to crack down on infestation with rodentologist findings
Boston plans to unleash a blitzkrieg on its rat infestation through a new preventative course of action released by Mayor Michelle Wu’s Office on Wednesday, based on recent research from a renowned area urban rodentologist. Announced as part two of the final report in the “Boston Rat Action Plan,”...
Collaborative effort supports an MIT resilient to the impacts of extreme heat
Warmer weather can be a welcome change for many across the MIT community. But as climate impacts intensify, warm days are often becoming hot days with increased severity and frequency. Already this summer, heat waves in June and July brought daily highs of over 90 degrees Fahrenheit. According to the Resilient Cambridge report published in 2021, from the 1970s to 2000, data from the Boston Logan International Airport weather station reported an average of 10 days of 90-plus temperatures each year. Now, simulations are predicting that, in the current time frame of 2015-44, the number of days above 90 F could be triple the 1970-2000 average.
Story promoted to interim Parker Middle School principal
READING - Schools’ Superintendent Dr. Thomas Milsachewski recently selected second-year Parker Middle School administrator Dr. Jill Story to step into the leadership vacuum created by the late May resignation of former Parker Middle School Principal Rochelle Rubino. During the latest School Committee gathering in the RMHS Library late last...
Eastern Bank and Cambridge Trust join forces
Banner Business Sponsored by The Boston Foundation. On July 15, Eastern Bankshares, Inc., the stock holding company for Eastern Bank, announced its merger with Cambridge Bancorp, the parent company of Cambridge Trust. Founded in 1818, Boston-based Eastern Bank is Greater Boston’s leading local bank and the largest bank-owned independent investment...
New Hughes Center director has a political legacy
The new director of the Wiliam J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University is the great-granddaughter of the last Republican mayor of Boston. Tina Zappile was announced today as the new director. She will replace John Froonjian, a former reporter who retired earlier this year. Her great-grandfather was...
Healey Administration Awards $1-Million Plus to Lowell Clinic
– The Healey-Driscoll Administration on Tuesday announced $2.8 million in grant awards to six community-based clinics to make mental health urgent care more widely available in high-need areas, including Brockton, Roxbury, Northbridge, Fitchburg, Lowell and Worcester. Among the awardees was Trinity Care Associates in Lowell, which received $1.115-million in funding....
Sounds of the city: ‘Dear Summer mixtape vol. 2’ features 17 local artists
Celina Colby is an arts and travel reporter with a fondness for Russian novels.... VIEW BIO. Summer in Boston sounds like the splash of water in the Boston Common Frog Pond, the roar of Red Sox fans belting out “Sweet Caroline” and the rush of bike pedals pumping through Franklin Park. On the city of Boston’s “Dear Summer Mixtape Vol. 2,” the season also sounds like the nimble rhythms of jazz, the beats of R&B and the catchy melodies of pop.
Could Karen Read case get tossed out? Legal analyst explains possible next steps as filings mount
Karen Read’s defense team said the state’s continued push for a conviction in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend is “grossly unfair.” That’s after the Commonwealth opposed Read’s motion to dismiss.
Massachusetts House approves bill to boost renewable energy efforts
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts House on Wednesday approved a bill that would help boost the state’s reliance on renewable energy, in part by streamlining the state and local permitting process for projects that shift the state away from using fossil fuels. The bill’s approval comes just weeks after the Massachusetts Senate approved its own bill to help the state meet its climate goals, including reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Democratic Speaker Ronald Mariano said the House bill aims to increase the supply of clean energy through new renewable energy projects, more storage capacity and streamlined permitting. The House measure would consolidate both state and local permitting and set 12- to 15-month limits for considering all final permitting decisions, echoing language in the Senate bill.
Blade collapse, New York launch and New Jersey research show uneven progress of offshore wind
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Three events Wednesday highlighted the uneven progress of the offshore wind industry in the Northeast, including the start of a major project in New York, research aimed at preventing environmental damage in New Jersey, and a temporary shutdown of a wind farm in Massachusetts after a broken turbine blade washed ashore on a famous beach. The federal government ordered a wind farm operator off the coast of Nantucket in Massachusetts to suspend operations while cleanup continues after a wind turbine blade fell into the water, broke apart, and washed up on beaches at the popular vacation spot. Vineyard Wind said Wednesday that it has removed 17 cubic yards of debris, enough to fill more than six truckloads, along with several larger pieces that washed ashore. The debris was mostly non-toxic fiberglass fragments ranging in size from small pieces to larger sections, typically green or white. Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, bolstered its beach patrols to 35 people looking for and removing debris.
Providence Employee No Longer Works for Georgetown
GEORGETOWN – The head-scratching move to share a part-time human resources officer who works with the city of Providence, RI, is over – at least for now. Paul Winspeare, the Rhode Island human resources officer, was working for the town of Georgetown about 10 hours a week at $75 an hour since last December.
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