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STOP COMCAST DATA CAPS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 1, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Heavy pressure will have to be put on the Biden administration to regulate broadband providers

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Ajit Pai, Apparent Horizon, cable, Column, Comcast, coronavirus, COVID19, crime, criminal, Democracy, extortion, FCC, federal, fee, Jason Pramas, Joe Biden, Massachusetts, policy, Politics, profiteering, Xfinity

SOMERVILLE MAYORAL RACE: ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

Written by M.J. TIDWELL Posted September 13, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“It’s hard to judge because we haven’t had a mayor’s race in 10 years.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: assembly row, Assembly Square, bowling alley, Curtatone, development, extortion, fake news, FBI, FRIT, SOMERVILLE, Somerville City Hall, Somerville News, Somerville News Weekly, Somerville Times, The Somerville Files, William Tauro

LO KEY ENDORSEMENT

Written by CAROLYN BICK Posted August 29, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Why would Somerville Mayor Curtatone be seen with this guy?

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: assembly row, Ball Square, Ben Echevarria, bowling alley, Brawl for City Hall, Curtatone, davis square, Elio LoRusso, extortion, fake news, FBI, FRIC, Matt McLaughlin, SOMERVILLE, Somerville City Hall, Somerville News, Somerville News Weekly, Somerville Times, The Somerville Files, Welcome Project, William Tauro

BULL: DECIPHERING THE VIRAL ‘SOMERVILLE NEWS WEEKLY’ STORY ABOUT AN ALLEGED FBI PROBE OF CURTATONE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 13, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

All this says is that Tauro contacted and complained to the FBI. Which is different than an FBI investigation, or so we thought.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: Ball Square, bowling alley, Curtatone, davis square, extortion, fake news, FBI, SOMERVILLE, Somerville City Hall, Somerville News, Somerville News Weekly, Somerville Times, The Somerville Files, William Tauro

THE OTHER BOSTON CITY HALL EXTORTION STORY

Written by ANDY GAUS Posted June 21, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

How Boston officials put police pressure on cannabis activists

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Andy Gaus, Boston, Boston City Hall, cannabis, Carmen Ortiz, extortion, Freedom Rally, Kenneth Brissette, Marijuana, Massachusetts, MassCann, The Tokin' Truth

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