Temperatures plunged during homeless census count
With bitter cold, many wonder why people just don’t go to shelters
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AS SNOW SQUALLS and plunging temperatures took over Massachusetts for much of the last two days, no one felt it quite as hard as the homeless. The polar vortex arrived just in time for Boston’s 39th annual homeless census Wednesday night. City and state leaders and volunteers canvassed much of Downtown Crossing and other parts(...)