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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 scrapped its plans for an extension from Harvard Square to Lexington and ended the line at Alewife in Cambridge.
Massachusetts Housing Crisis: Zoning Battle in Milton Ignites a Civil Rights Debate
In the affluent suburb of Milton, Massachusetts, a fierce housing battle is underway that reflects broader national tensions surrounding affordable housing and zoning laws. The conflict stems from the state's 2021 MBTA Communities Act, which mandates that communities near public transportation, including Milton, update zoning laws to allow more multi-family housing. But in February 2024, a referendum saw 5,000 Milton voters reject a carefully crafted bylaw that would have complied with the law.
Lego Discovery Center in Somerville hosts Brick or Treat for Halloween
SOMERVILLE - Halloween is right around the corner and at the LEGO Discovery Center in Massachusetts, they're celebrating with their Brick or Treat event to get everyone ready for spooky season.Special Halloween eventsThe Lego Discovery Center in Somerville has a monster garden and pumpkin patch built for Halloween, along with inviting guests to figure out how many Lego bricks were needed to make their Dracula figure. Guests can also make magical potions in a giant cauldron and watch a 4-D Lego movie, "The Great Monster Chase."The mini world, featuring Boston landmarks made from LEGO bricks, is also decked out for...
Enthusiasm and opposition to giant Brockton Fairgrounds housing plan. What each side said
(This story was updated to add a photo gallery and to meet our standards.) BROCKTON — About 70 people attended a public meeting where the would-be developer of the old Fairgrounds heard and, in many cases, responded to their concerns over the project. City councilors whose wards touch the 66-acre former Brockton Fairgrounds held...
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...
Gillette Stadium’s Biggest Crowd In Mass. History
Metallica recently rolled through Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA and played two nights. The attendance was about 62,000 one of those nights. It wasn't Metallica with the record. It wasn't Taylor Swift. The hate she gets sometimes is unreal. Some really big stars have come to Massachusetts over the years...
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