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REST IN YEAST (FOR NOW AT LEAST): A LANDMARK BAKERY SAYS GOODBYE TO ITS CAMBERVILLE HOME

Written by DIEGO MARCANO Posted January 1, 2020 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Two days before New Year’s Eve, the company’s 12 staffers woke up unemployed. Still, in hope of reinventing their venture somewhere else, Andrew and Greta are taking everything with them

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bakery, buildings, business, Cambridge, development, gentrification, Greta and Andrew Platt, hikes, planning, RENT, SOMERVILLE, Somerville News Garden, The Biscuit, zoning

OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHOM? A HARD LOOK AT SOMERVILLE’S ‘ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT’ ZONES

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted December 11, 2019 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"What is really critical is that community members have a voice in shaping the direction of what gets developed in our underdeveloped areas of Somerville."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: development, Housing, opportunity zones, planning, SOMERVILLE, Somerville City Hall, Somerville News Garden, SomerVision

DON’T BUY WHAT CAMBRIDGE MAYOR MCGOVERN IS SELLING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 30, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

East Cambridge courthouse photo by Jason Pramas

 

An East Cambridge courthouse update

 

It’s sad when a local public official claims powerlessness before real estate developers, the market, and state government. But that’s exactly what Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern is doing in the latest round of the already half-century long East Cambridge ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, capitalism, Column, Councilor Dennis Carlone, Councilor Quinton Zondervan, DCAMM, Democracy, development, East Cambridge, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, Leggat McCall Properties, Massachusetts, Mayor Marc McGovern, Middlesex County, planning, policy, Politics, privatization, public, Rep. Mike Connolly, safety, socialism, Sullivan Courthouse, Vice Mayor Jan Devereux

CAMBRIDGE COUNCILORS CAN STOP UNDEMOCRATIC COURTHOUSE DEAL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 22, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Four votes against the proposed leasing of city parking spaces should do the trick

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, capitalism, Column, Councilor Dennis Carlone, Councilor Quinton Zondervan, Councilor Sumbul Siddiqui, Councilor Tim Toomey, DCAMM, Democracy, development, East Cambridge, Gov Charlie Baker, Gov. Deval Patrick, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, Leggat McCall Properties, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, planning, policy, Politics, privatization, public, Rep. Mike Connolly, safety, socialism, Sullivan Courthouse, Vice Mayor Jan Devereux

SOME THOUGHTS ON TRANSPORTATION POLICY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 16, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Image courtesy of pxshare.com. Creative Commons CC0 Public Domain.

 

Transportation is a subject I address frequently in my columns. But, as is often the case in journalism, it’s usually necessary to write about it piecemeal given various editorial constraints. So I might cover flooding ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: accident, Alphabet, Apparent Horizon, bicycle, bike, Bird Rides, boat, bus, car, Climate Change, Column, development, ecology, electric, Environment, global warming, golf cart, Google, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, Jump Bikes, Lime, Lyft, monorail, motorcycle, municipal, news, planning, policy, Politics, prevention, public, robot, safety, scooter, Spin, train, transportation, Uber, urban, vehicle sharing

‘WALK THE TALK’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 13, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Climate protest outside June 8 US Conference of Mayors meeting in Boston. Photo courtesy Mass Sierra Club.

 

Mayor Walsh needs to act faster to mitigate regional global warming threats

 

Environmental groups protested Mayor Marty Walsh last week during the International Mayors ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 350Mass, Activism, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Boston Clean Energy Coalition, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, CO2, coal, Column, Community Choice Energy, crisis, disaster, economy, emissions, energy, Environment, flooding, fossil fuel, future, gas, global warming, government, heat wave, Jason Pramas, Mass Sierra Club, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, news, oil, planning, Politics, Real Estate, sea level rise

TOWNIE: CITY ON A HILL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 23, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

 

Global warming will flood Boston. Why not move the state capital to Worcester?

 

Many small American cities have boosterish metro research organizations that look like a cross between a public policy outfit and a chamber of commerce, and the Bay State’s second biggest urban area is no exception. The Worcester Regional ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: Activism, agency, Boston, Climate Change, Column, crisis, disaster, economy, Environment, flooding, future, global warming, government, heat wave, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, news, office, planning, Politics, Real Estate, sea level rise, state, Townie, Worcester

THERE WILL BE NO OUTSIDE WORLD TO HELP US

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 28, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Boston’s global warming plans must prepare region for worst case scenarios

 

In a couple of recent columns—and several others over the years—I’ve looked at some of the specific ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Climate Change, Column, crisis, disaster, economy, Environment, flooding, future, global warming, government, heat wave, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, news, planning, Politics, sea level rise

FROM DECAY GROUND TO PLAYGROUND (AND BACK AGAIN)

Written by OLIVIA FALCIGNO Posted November 14, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Somerville residents reclaim empty lot, then forced out in latest rift of 10-year saga

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: development, empty lot, Mayor Joe Curtatone, planning, recreation, Sewall Street, SOMERVILLE, Star Market, ZBA, zoning

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