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Massachusetts Bill, Victim Advocates Call For Coordinated Date-Rape Drug Response

Written by KENDALL POLIDORI Posted May 25, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Greater Boston bars and venues are grappling with a rise in involuntary drugged drinks, but procedures for addressing future incidents are in sight

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, Boston, Cambridge, Cambridge License Commission, concerts, date rape drugs, GHB, Music, spiked drinks, Venues

Dancing On Banana Peels: Life On Lifetime Parole In Massachusetts

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted May 17, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“I am now in the same predicament as I was when I first got out of prison.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, criminal justice reform, Massachusetts, parole, Parole Board, prisons, Suffolk Superior

AG Investigating BPD To Determine If “Gang Unit” Engages In “Unconstitutional Policing”

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 15, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The “review is focused on racial disparities in the rates at which people are stopped and frisked”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AG, Andrea Campbell, attorney general, BINJ, Boston, Boston Police, BPD, features, news, Youth Violence Strike Force

Family Of Woman Killed By Commuter Rail Sues MBTA For Crash Records

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted May 4, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, The T

There are many stories about people getting hurt and killed by trains. This one’s about what their families may endure in the pursuit of answers and justice

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, The T Tagged With: Beacon Hill, commuter rail, Keolis, killed, Massachusetts, MBTA, T, transit, Wilmington

“State Of Good Repair.” MBTA Solicits More Contractors To Help Fix The Mess

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted April 20, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

With the MBTA still very broken, agency lacks clarity in communications with contractors, commuters

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: blue line, green line, MBTA, orange line, red line, shutdown, surge, T, transit

The (Massachusetts Taxpayer-Funded) Finer Things Club 

Written by COLMAN HERMAN Posted April 18, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

How state officials enjoy everything from dinner to satellite radio to a pricey home desk chair on your dime

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Massachusetts, news, Politics

Amid Multiple Crises, MBTA Fields Pitches For New Agency Marketing Campaign

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted March 30, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“You don’t want to be too rosy but I actually think they can do a better job of highlighting the work they have done.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Charlie Baker, Eng, Healey, marketing, MBTA, news, news to us, Pesaturo

The Legendary Past And Uncertain Future Of The Harvard Square Theatre

Written by COHAVIT GIL Posted March 28, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Will the iconic venue ever return to its rock roots as has been rumored? 

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Art, arts, Cambridge, development, features, Film, harvard square, Housing, movies, property, Real Estate

Parks & Checks: Wasteful, Opaque Bookkeeping At Two City Of Boston Nonprofit Arms

Written by COLMAN HERMAN Posted March 20, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The fund not only fails at being transparent and accountable in how it spends its revenue, it misses the opportunity to create financial reports to improve management of the fund.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, city spending, government, Mayor Wu, michelle wu, nonprofits, Parks & Rec

Surf’s Upcycled: Meet The Bay State Surfers Conserving The Oceans Where They Ride

Written by DELAINEY LAHOOD-BURNS Posted March 20, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“When you’re riding the wave, it all seems to go away and you’re just really connected with the ocean and the nature and the elements.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: conservation, Environment, Massachusetts, ocean, pollution, surfing, Surfriders

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