Municipal Government

Momentum for more housing choices in the state

Economy/ Housing/ Opinion

Momentum for more housing choices in the state

Lawmakers need to create incentives for communities to increase housing stock

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GOV. CHARLIE BAKER joined the fight to promote housing last week—adding more push to the consensus that 2018 is the year to tackle the Commonwealth’s housing crisis head on.  As we head into the 2018 session, it’s time for the Legislature to pass bills that will make it easier for our cities and towns to(...)

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City Hall skating fees raise some eyebrows

Arts and Culture/ Economy

City Hall skating fees raise some eyebrows

For family of four, with skate rentals, the cost is $86

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SHANE MURPHY, a resident of Springfield, was walking around Faneuil Hall with his date recently when he decided to visit  the newly minted skating rink on Boston’s City Hall Plaza. Murphy said he enjoyed the festive atmosphere and the music, but he thought the ice skating fees were too high. The second “Boston Winter” festival(...)

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West Station vs. Boston Landing 

Tracking Transportation/ The Back Story/ Transportation

West Station vs. Boston Landing 

New Balance station doing much better than expected 

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SOMETHING SEEMS AMISS with the state’s ridership numbers for the proposed West Station in Allston. The draft environmental impact report for the Allston Interchange forecasts 250 daily commuter riders and 2,900 bus riders when the station opens in 2040. But a host of people, most of whom want West Station built much sooner, are saying(...)

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The Download

School start times zero sum game

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One day after the Boston School Committee voted unanimously to change school start times next fall so teenaged students could get a little extra sleep, Boston Magazine published a story asking what took so long. “Why, in a state that is at the forefront of progressive policy and respects science quite a bit …, did(...)

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Lowell’s single-issue election 

News Analysis/ Politics

Lowell’s single-issue election 

Divided city showed consensus is possible 

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ELECTIONS, as they say, have consequences. This is certainly the case in Lowell, where voters on Tuesday delivered a stunning rebuke to their elected officials and their decision to relocate the city’s sole public high school from downtown to its suburban edge. In the process, voters also showed that consensus can emerge in a city riven by race, class, and(...)

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Brockton candidate already a winner

Criminal Justice/ Politics

Brockton candidate already a winner

Longshot mayoral challenger overcame a hard start in life

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WITH MAYORAL RACES in the gun lap around the state, most eyes are on what’s happening in Boston and then maybe on Lawrence and Framingham or Newton. But little attention has been paid to the race in Brockton, where incumbent Mayor Bill Carpenter is challenged by 26-year-old Jimmy Pereira, one of the more unlikely and(...)

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The Download

Walsh plays it cute in council contest

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It’s less than a week until Boston’s municipal election, which means we’re officially in the silly season phase. This stage of the race is the one in which we’re reminded of a time-honored Boston act of political hair-splitting: the offering of support for a candidate, but not a formal endorsement. The silly season episode this(...)

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Fact-checking Walsh’s Olympics claim

Olympics/ Politics

Fact-checking Walsh’s Olympics claim

Evidence suggests the mayor didn’t pull the city’s bid

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BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH said during Tuesday night’s mayoral debate that he pulled the plug on the city’s Olympics bid. “I was the person who actually pulled out of the bid and I was very clear from the very beginning that I was not going to mortgage the future of the city,” he said during(...)

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