Editor, Townsman: This letter offers balance to points made in a letter to the editor by Ms. Theresa Gorey which was recently published in The …
Continue ReadingCity Considering Sept. 22 for Car-Free ‘Open Charles Street’
by Dan Murphy • August 8, 2019 • To dovetail with the Beacon Hill Civic Association’s Fall HillFest, city officials are exploring the idea of closing Charles Street to …
Continue ReadingBills look to extract more money from Uber, Lyft
By Colin A. Young / State House News Service Posted Jul 24, 2019 at 9:39 AM BOSTON — East Boston Rep. Adrian Madaro was running late Tuesday morning to …
Continue ReadingLegislators seek to protect Sea Grant
Heard recent chatter of an uptick in local shark activity? Curious why your fishing lines haven’t been twitching recently? When something peculiar happens in the …
Continue ReadingWe need to talk about periods – Bill would make menstrual products available in schools, shelters, prisons
SASHA GOODFRIEND May 28, 2019 IN 2014 a German nongovernmental organization called WASH United dubbed May 28 “International Menstrual Hygiene Day” to raise visibility around the …
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