A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press
Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State!
ARTS
Return of Central Square World’s Fair leads ideas redirecting energies from a shut-down Starlight
Cambridge Day
Central Square businesses and consultants put their heads together to figure out how to replace the popular Starlight Square outdoor entertainment complex.
Concert Review: Phish at Xfinity Center — Building a 2024 To Remember
The Arts Fuse
Wait … Phish is still a thing?
Local artist opens spiritual gallery and garden to the public
Marblehead Current
Hippies in Marblehead?! Who knew?!
CULTURE
Worcester Speaks #2: Jake Dziejma
Worcester Sucks and I Love It
In which our friends in central Mass keep up the time-honored community news tradition of the one-on-one “local notables” interview series.
‘It’s Cookie Time’: Concord Girl Scout’s sales hit the sweet spot
Concord Bridge
Aw, look, a kid selling cookies …
EDUCATION
Burlington High School Feasibility Study Reaches Midpoint
Burlington Buzz
If the state won’t fund your city’s new school, then figure how to fund it by other means.
ENVIRONMENT
GE cites manufacturing defect, inspects blades in Canada factory
New Bedford Light
I know we’re all shocked SHOCKED to find General Electric involved in any malfeasance in Massachusetts …
Holtec doesn’t need a permit to evaporate radioactive water from Pilgrim plant
Plymouth Indepedent
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Not giving a s*#t about public safety since 1975.
Drought Improves in Mass.—Just Not for Us!
The Local News (Ipswich)
Northeastern Mass water systems are not getting a break this hottest summer in history.
GOVERNMENT
Planning Board approves renovation plans for White Stadium
Dorchester Reporter
City of Boston plows ahead with the partial privatization of the a public stadium
HISTORY
Tercentenary Markers May Prove Difficult to Remove
Sudbury Weekly
In Massachusetts, outdated racist historical markers may be forever.
IMMIGRATION
‘Louder for Lan’ Gives Voice to Refugee Facing Deportation
Sampan
New podcast chronicles the struggle of an immigrant community leader at risk of deportation for serving time a quarter century back.
JOURNALISM
Missing Gazette Articles Point To Risk Of “Digital Decay” For Local News Sources
The Shoestring
Why articles disappearing from the online archive of the 240-year-old newspaper Daily Hampshire Gazette are a serious problem.
POLICE
Police Blotter: Naked man near the bike path
Lexington Observer
A strong contender for IndyMass headline of the year!
SPORTS
Babson students want you to get to know U.S. Olympians
The Swellesley Report
Looking for team rosters by sport for the U.S. Olympics team? Then look no further!
TRANSPORTATION
MBTA board votes to electrify Fairmount Line
Bay State Banner
A public transit milestone for underserved communities of color in Boston
Housing authority votes to use ARPA grant toward electric van
yourArlington.com
The Town of Arlington isn’t giving back that free federal money after all.
IndyMass is produced for HorizonMass, the independent, student-driven, news outlet of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, by Jason Pramas and is syndicated by BINJ’s MassWire news service. Copyright 2024 Jason Pramas.
Jason Pramas is executive director of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism and editor-in-chief of HorizonMass.
