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MA SCHOOLS NEED FREE HIGH-QUALITY MASKS NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 6, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"3M N95 Particulate Respirator.JPG" by Banej is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

And the federal government should start providing them for all US residents ASAP

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Cambridge, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, faculty, Family, FFP2, Health, Jason Pramas, KF94, KN95, MA, mask, Mass, Massachusetts, N95, pandemic, policy, public health, school, staff, student, teacher, usa

THE IMPORTANT ART STOLEN FROM BOSTON THAT NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 18, 2021 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Investigators may never locate the Gardner paintings, but Governor Baker might be able to retrieve this missing sculpture for Mass with a phone call

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Art, Boston, Charles Brooks, Dorchester, Gardnder Heist, history caper, Houghton Library, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, King Charles I, LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mass, Massachusetts Bay Charter, massachusetts state house, missing art, Myles Connor, public art, Rome, State House art, stolen art, Thomas Crawford

OLD TOWN ROUTE: HOW TO HIKE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF 128 (AND LIVE TO TELL ABOUT IT)

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted January 28, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, GTFO, LIFESTYLE, Non-fiction

That section is a continuation of the road ... but on the other side of the highway—and it can’t be accessed unless a) you have wings, or b) you have a death wish and think it would be fun running across the highway.

Filed Under: FEATURES, GTFO, LIFESTYLE, Non-fiction Tagged With: Dedham, Hawk Hill, hikes, hiking, Marc Hurwitz, Mass, Massachusetts, Milton, Quincy, Randolph, Route 128, Skyline Trail

CONDOS AND CANNABIS: THE PARALLEL CHALLENGES OF RAISING CAPITAL IN THE MARIJUANA MARKET

Written by DAVID RABINOVITZ Posted January 15, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Talking Joints Memo

Over the last 6 months, raising capital in the cannabis market has been a lot like raising capital to buy condos during the depths of the recession.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, business, cannabis, CCC, Commonwealth, investments, Marijuana, Mass, Massachusetts, municipalities, Talking Joints Memo, weed

WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN? AS LEGAL CANNABIS HAS ROLLED OUT, WE HEAR THE BATTLE CRY AGAIN… AND AGAIN…

Written by PETER C. BERNARD Posted January 1, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth

Retailers should not be allowed to be within 2,000 feet of a playground, daycare, school, place of worship, or statue of any historical figure.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, CCC, Commonwealth, Cumberland Farms, Marijuana, Mass, Massachusetts, municipalities, Talking Joints Memo, weed

THE CHILL ZONE: CUMBERLAND FARMS COULD BLOW UP THE MASS CANNABIS MARKET IN 2020

Written by DAVID RABINOVITZ Posted December 27, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo

With its massive network, Cumberland Farms apparently wants to sell more alcoholic beverages and has successfully placed a question on the 2020 ballot that could lift the state’s cap on the number of liquor licenses that can be owned by a single retailer, and also forge a new class of beer and wine license for food stores

Filed Under: COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, CCC, Commonwealth, Cumberland Farms, Marijuana, Mass, Massachusetts, municipalities, Talking Joints Memo, weed

CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, BPD, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, criminal justice, Cultural Diagnostic of the Massachusetts State Police, Dana Pullman, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Linder & Associates, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, MDC Police, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reporting, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, SPAM, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Team Reporting Tagged With: AG, Virginia

THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 21, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Virginia, wbur

JOY AND PAIN: THE BITTERSWEET ANNIVERSARY THAT COMES EVERY MAY

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted May 23, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

This May marked the 15th anniversary of marriage equality in the Commonwealth. Looking back at advances such as hate crime laws, the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and DOMA, the legalization of marriage equality, and anti-homophobic bullying becoming a national concern, to name a few, the LGBTQ community has come a long way since the first Pride marches.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: Brown v. Board of Education, Cambridge, DOMA, Marcia Kadish, Mass, Massachusetts, Plessy v. Ferguson, Pride, same-sex marriage, Tanya McCloskey

HOW INEVITABLE IS THE BLACK MARKET FOR CANNABIS DRINKS IN THE COMMONWEALTH?

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 3, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo

Because of the current state law, such beverages can’t be sold at rec dispensaries, and won’t be available any time soon.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: 5 percent, beverages, cannabis, CCC, Commonwealth, Drinks, five percent, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, MMA, thc, weed

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