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Fun But Dangerous Summer Activity is Still Illegal in Massachusetts
Independence Day is right around the corner which means many Massachusetts residents from Boston to the Berkshires will be attending parades, hosting cookouts, and spending time on the beach. Another activity that is synonymous with the July 4th holiday is fireworks. While many people will be attending firework displays this...
With no budget deal in sight, Mass. lawmakers buy some time with stopgap spending bill
Lawmakers in the majority-Democrat state House quickly advanced a temporary state budget Wednesday that puts Massachusetts on track for the 14th year in a row without an on-time annual spending plan. With no commentary on the floor and an unrecorded voice vote, the House approved a bill that Gov. Maura...
Geoengineering Foes Say 'No' to Pouring 60K Gallons of Sodium Hydroxide Into Waters Off Cape Cod
Biodiversity advocates on Wednesday called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reject a new geoengineering project spearheaded by researchers in Massachusetts that one critic said would do "nothing to solve the root causes of the climate crisis and instead puts at risk the oceans' natural capacity to absorb carbon and their role in sustaining life on Earth."Friends of the Earth (FOE) and other groups warned that an experiment called LOC-NESS by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) carries "potentially catastrophic risks" for the Atlantic Ocean, where researchers have proposed dumping more than 60,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide near Cape...
As summer travel heats up, migrant families still shelter at Logan Airport
Since the beginning of the year, a large, open space on the ground floor of Boston Logan International Airport Terminal E has served as a shelter for migrant families with nowhere else to sleep. On a recent Thursday night, blankets and pillows were sprawled across the floor as the families...
Massachusetts Businesses Can Deny Access to Their Restrooms
"We do not have public restrooms, sorry." We've probably all heard that before when entering a small retail store, gas station or somewhere else you happened to be when you had to go. Sometimes the policy is posted on the front door to save the employee from having to state...
Navigating Mass. media sector’s choppy waters
JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN compared to priests and ditch-diggers, but a better parallel can be found on the high seas. Like sailors and the call of the running tide, reporters and editors have the rush of chasing a scoop. But over the last two decades, the tide has been going out....
30 beaches closed across Massachusetts on Wednesday
On a hot and humid Wednesday in Massachusetts when temperatures were expected to exceed 90 degrees, 30 beaches across the state were closed, mainly due to an excess of bacteria in the water, according to the state’s public water quality dashboard. Of the 30 closures listed on the dashboard...
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