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HOMEWORK: STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW FOR LIVING IN GREATER BOSTON

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 30, 2021 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE

From rotary survival advice to pizza war trench talk, we have you covered.

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Boston, city, culture, Food, Life, Sports

WHAT DO YOU TELL PEOPLE THEY SHOULD DO WHEN THEY’RE COMING TO BOSTON?

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 20, 2021 Filed Under: Dear Reader

Are you one of those people who insists that travelers venture outside of downtown? I certainly do.

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Boston, city, destination, sights, travel

READER INPUT: WHAT’S RIGHT WITH BOSTON?

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 1, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, Non-fiction

We requested, you suggested: “Our passion and stubborn love for our city makes us great”

Filed Under: FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, Non-fiction Tagged With: arts, Boston, Cambridge, city, entertainment, love, municipal, positives, What's Right With Boston, WRWB

RENT CONTROL REQUIRED

Written by Posted September 5, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

 

Single mother working for the city of Boston can’t afford to live here

 

A city employee is often required to live within the city in which they are employed. Luckily, in my case that is not a requirement. It’s not recommended that an individual pay more than 30% of their gross monthly income towards rent. Thirty percent of ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Boston, city, crisis, criticism, employee, Housing, rent control, single mother

SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY SUMMIT: CONVENING A CITY TO IMPROVE ITS NEWS MEDIA

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 20, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

Somerville Community Summit, 2/16/19. Photo ©2019 Derek Kouyoumjian.

 

EDITORIAL

 

Last Saturday, DigBoston, our nonprofit wing Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, city, Democracy, DigBoston, editorial, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Massachusetts, media, news, news desert, ONCE Somerville, SMC, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Media Center, urban

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