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THE TERMINAL: SOUTH STATION IS A HOMELESS SHELTER WITH NO SERVICES

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 7, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

As television journalists reported that New England Patriots fans donated comforters for homeless people, transit cops disposed of every single blanket that the folks from Quincy C.O.P.E. and others handed out inside South Station.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Public Health Commission, homelessness, Housing, Long Island, mayor Marty Walsh, Pine Street Inn, Quincy C.O.P.E., Shelter, Shelters, snow, South Station

MY TIME WITH TOM: REFLECTIONS ON 14 YEARS COVERING MAYOR TOM MENINO

Written by DAVE WEDGE Posted October 30, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

I covered his administration. I would often stalk him by his black SUV in the horseshoe driveway in back of City Hall to press him on the news of the day. Some days, he’d be furious with me about something I had written. Other times, he’d shrug the hit off with a snarky quip. The man was not short on wit.

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