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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

THE MERRIMACK VALLEY DISASTER: IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT OLD PIPES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 18, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

The events of last week in the Merrimack Valley were unfortunate by any measure. Something bad happened to the natural gas distribution system in parts of Lawrence, North Andover, and Andover that resulted in dozens of homes being damaged or destroyed by explosions ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Andover, Apparent Horizon, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, Columbia Gas, Column, corruption, disaster, DPU, ecology, economy, Environment, Eversource Energy, explosion, fire, fossil fuel, global warming, Gov Charlie Baker, greenhouse gas, Jason Pramas, Lawrence, legislature, malfeasance, Massachusetts, methane, National Grid, natural gas, news, NiSource, North Andover, politician, Politics, regulation, utility

“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

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

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