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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

Merrimack Valley

COLUMBIA GAS EXPLOSION SETTLEMENT MOVES FORWARD

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted October 17, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

While $56 million settlement proceeds, victims still hurt from Columbia Gas explosions.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Columbia Gas, Department of Public Utilities, Merrimack Valley, settlement

KIDS MAKE THE DARNDEST DOCS

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted November 13, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Film, Non-fiction

Student documentary on Merrimack explosions featured at Boston International Kids Film Festival

Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Film, Non-fiction Tagged With: arlington, BIKFF, Boston, Boston International Kids Film Festival, Climate Change, Columbia Gas, Filmmakers Collaborative, fossil fuels, fracking, gas explosions, Merrimack Valley, newton, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Theater

SPECIAL FEATURE: SEX, DRUGS, AND FENTANYL

Written by ANA GONI-LESSAN Posted August 18, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Among the nightmares of an unprecedented epidemic, sex work gets more dangerous for opioid addicts

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: abuse, addiction, AIDS, Boston, drugs, F.I.G.H.T., feature, features, fentanyl, fight, Healthcare, Heroin, long read, longform, longreads, Lowell, Lynn, Massachusetts, Merrimack Valley, opiates, opioids, Oxycontin, Prostitution

THIS IS U.S.: A COMMUNITY CONFRONTS STIGMAS HURTING IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA

Written by OLIVIA MASTROSIMONE Posted March 14, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Why blame immigrants, and especially immigrant youth, for being criminals when overall crime rates are now historically low, when we don’t have a crime crisis, and when immigrants actually make our communities much safer?” Seiber asked. “I suggest that it has a lot to do with scapegoating.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: education, ESL, Housing, immigration, labor, Lynn, Massachusetts, Merrimack Valley, New Lynn Coalition, U.S.

20/2018 VISION: REVISITING OUR AWESOME HELLISH YEAR ONE FINAL TIME

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 26, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

No outlet can cover everything. It’s not worth trying. But in reading back through several hundred pieces that we published in the past 12 months, I’m more than satisfied to say that we hit hard and often on a range of topics

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, BPDA, Capuano, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, Congress, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Geoff Diehl, hospitals, Housing, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Massachusetts, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, money in politics, NiSource, no on 1, North Andover, nurses, question 1, question 2, Question 3, Republicans, Safe Patient Limits, Scott Lively, Southie, staffing, transgender, US Senate, yes on 1

’18 AND LIFE TO GO: OUR YEAR IN ALTERNATIVE MASS MEDIA

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 19, 2018 Filed Under: Analysis, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s anybody’s guess why cheeseball mainstream outlets tend to ignore topics such as poverty, surveillance, and climate change. Whatever the reason, we don’t spend too much time worrying about them; as you’ll see below, we had our hands full all year covering the stuff that they missed.

Filed Under: Analysis, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, BPDA, Capuano, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, Congress, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Geoff Diehl, hospitals, Housing, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Massachusetts, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, money in politics, NiSource, no on 1, North Andover, nurses, question 1, question 2, Question 3, Republicans, Safe Patient Limits, Scott Lively, Southie, staffing, transgender, US Senate, yes on 1

DRINKING WITH THE MERRIMACK VALLEY RECOVERY WORKERS WHO LIVE ON AN OLD CRUISE SHIP IN SOUTHIE

Written by DANIEL KAUFMAN Posted November 7, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Overall, these cruise ship tenants seem exhausted, both physically and emotionally. There are perks, and decent pay, but there are also sleepless nights and more work the next morning. Not to mention what they call a shitty breakfast buffet.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, NiSource, North Andover

HERE’S WHY WE’RE COMMITTED TO LONG-TERM COVERAGE OF THE MERRIMACK EXPLOSIONS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 19, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Columbia has spent in excess of half a million dollars lobbying in Mass over the past five years, while execs at Eversource, which Baker tapped to save the day, have pumped more than $40,000 into Baker and Polito’s war chests since 2015.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, NiSource, North Andover

THE CITY OF LAWRENCE CAN’T BREATHE

Written by BEYAZMIN JIMENEZ Posted September 19, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Environmental justice must be at the center of recovery efforts

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, NiSource, North Andover

“WON’T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!”

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 6, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Apparent Horizon column North Andover MA collage

 

Moral panic hamstrings promising North Andover cannabis farm deal

 

Last fall, I wrote about the history of Osgood Landing—a large industrial facility in North Andover—as part of a column (“An Andover North Andover ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: agriculture, Alcatel, Apparent Horizon, ban, cannabis, Column, Democracy, economy, fail, Farm, grow, indoor, Industry, Jason Pramas, Lucent, Marijuana, Merrimack Valley, moral, news, North Andover, Osgood Landing, panic, Politics, pot, prohibition, reactionary, retrograde, town meeting, weed, Western Electric, zoning

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