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“There’s a lot of money being thrown at the Harbor Islands now—they want to put hotels there and all kinds of things, but there were burials all over there, so that’s a battle we’re going to have.”
A few weeks ago, I went there. I told family members who reside politically south of America’s metaphorical Mason-Dixon line that they were unqualified to wrestle with me on the subject of impeachment.
“Our job as educators is to learn about our students and where they come from. We create lessons that will interest them, lessons about their life experiences."
Experiments in co-operative economics started in the colonial era
"Skippy’s been around since, what, 1961? Skippy is Boston history."
“If I had a dime for every meal or cup of coffee I’ve generated in the North End, I’d have a boat by now.”
There’s a debate about what was the golden era of BCN. Was it ’68 to ’72, when announcers were turning people on to music?
Baldwin was a significant figure for both white and black publics, but her work as an activist seeking justice in a deeply divided society was unmentioned in the many testimonials to her by white observers.
From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.
A weekly calendar might look like this: all-ages hardcore matinee on Sunday, up-and-coming rock showcase on Tuesday, Afro-pop extravaganza Wednesday, head-banging metal on Thursday, vintage blues on Friday, all topped off with a ’60s rock legend in town on Saturday night.
