• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • HOME
  • NEWS+OPINIONS
    • NEWS TO US
    • COLUMNS
      • APPARENT HORIZON
      • DEAR READER
      • Close
    • LONGFORM FEATURES
    • OPINIONS
    • EDITORIAL
    • Close
  • ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
    • FILM
    • MUSIC
    • COMEDY
    • PERFORMING ARTS
    • VISUAL ARTS
    • Close
  • DINING+DRINKING
    • EATS
    • SIPS
    • BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU
    • Close
  • LIFESTYLE
    • CANNABIS
      • TALKING JOINTS MEMO
      • Close
    • WELLNESS
    • GTFO
    • Close
  • STUFF TO DO
  • TICKETS
  • ABOUT US
    • ABOUT
    • MASTHEAD
    • ADVERTISE
    • PRIVACY POLICY
    • Close
  • BECOME A MEMBER

Dig Bos

The Dig - Boston's Only Newspaper

Haverhill

THE KID FROM HAVERHILL

Written by Posted June 27, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Andy Vargas, the first Latino state rep from Haverhill, aims to be the kind of elected role model he couldn’t find as a kid

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Andy Vargas, Beacon Hill, Dominican, Haverhill, immigration, State House, state rep

OPERATION INTIMIDATION IN THE MERRIMACK VALLEY

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted November 16, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS

A noise complaint in Haverhill might lead to an armored truck on your doorstep

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Critical Mass, Haverhill, Maya Shaffer, militarization, militarized police, MRAP, NECN, Police, SWAT

AMAZON OCTAGON

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 10, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass pols stand ready to fight each other for the right to bribe a multinational

 

At least 17 Massachusetts cities and towns are now preparing to do battle with each other—and hundreds more municipalities nationwide—for the dubious “honor” ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Abington, Amazon, Apparent Horizon, Billerica, Boston, bribe, capitalism, corporation, criticism, deal, Fall River, General Electric, Giveaway, Haverhill, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Lawrence, Lowell, Massachusetts, Methuen, multinational, New Bedford, North Andover, public, Revere, Rockland, SOMERVILLE, Springfield, subcontracting, taxes, Tewksbury, Weymouth, Worcester

AN AMAZON NORTH ANDOVER DEAL?

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 26, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Sketch of the Merrimack Valley Works plant at North Andover while under construction in 1955

 

Merrimack Valley pols courting the tech behemoth have forgotten recent history

 

A couple of weeks ago, I criticized the possibility of an Amazon ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, agriculture, Amazon, Apparent Horizon, AT&T, Boston, cannabis, capitalism, corporation, criticism, deal, factory, Farm, General Electric, Giveaway, Haverhill, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Lawrence, Ma Bell, Marijuana, Massachusetts, Merrimack Valley, Methuen, North Andover, Osgood Landing, plant, Politics, public, subcontracting, taxes, union, works

SWAT INC: THE COMMONWEALTH’S MOST INFAMOUS MILITARIZED POLICE FORCE CONTINUES TO FLOUT RECORDS LAW

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE AND MAYA SHAFFER Posted November 5, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

After nearly two months, seven in-person visits, numerous phone calls and emails, and a run-in with the Wilmington police, we finally received some of the records we requested.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Andover, andrew quemere, bay state examiner, BINJ, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boxford, Cambridge, Carlisle, Concord, Dracut, FOIA, freedom of information, Gloucester, Haverhill, Law Enforcement Councils, lawsuit, Lowell, Massachusetts, Maya Shaffer, militarized police, Nahant, NEMLEC, New England. Lynn. Lynnfield, Newburyport, newton, North Shore, records, Rowley, Salem, Secretary of State, SOMERVILLE, Swampscott, SWAT, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Washington Post, Weston, Wilmington

Primary Sidebar

FEATURED EVENT

Most Popular

  • We Turned the North End Restaurant Lawsuit Against Mayor Wu Into a Musical
  • Do You Want To Work For the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission?
  • Inbox: Red Bull Cliff Diving Returns To Boston Waterfront
  • How Long Can Major Cannabis Cultivators Sustain Massive Indoor Grows In Mass?
  • EDITORIAL: DIGBOSTON SUSPENDING PRINT EDITION, GOING DIGITAL-ONLY (AGAIN)

CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 24.08 – 04/21/22

Footer

Social Buttons

DigBoston facebook DigBoston Twitter DigBoston Instagram

Masthead

About

Advertise

Privacy Policy

Customer Service

Distribution

About Us

DigBoston is a one-stop nexus for everything worth doing or knowing in the Boston area. It's an alt-weekly, it's a website, it's an e-mail blast, it's a twitter account, it's that cool party that you were at last night ... hey, you're reading it, so it's gotta be good. For advertising inquiries: [email protected] To reach Editorial: [email protected] For internship opportunities: [email protected]