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
October Short Fuses — Materia Critica
The Arts Fuse
Several arts reviews on one page!
ELECTIONS
State rep. candidates share vastly differing views on housing, wages and more
The Newton Beacon
An actual contested state rep race, now there’s something you don’t see every day in the Bay State.
ENVIRONMENT
EPA starts phase 2 of Neponset River cleanup
The Bay State Banner
Good to hear.
The state has denied Holtec permission to dump radioactive water into the ocean, but the company’s opponents aren’t letting up
Plymouth Independent
Also good to hear.
FOOD
Arlington Brewing finds home near rink
yourArlington.com
Arlington can definitely use a brewpub.
GOVERNMENT
Per tradition, call for ARPA reform hits stormwall of the city council
Worcester Sucks and I Love It
City disbursement of federal disaster funds has been both slow and seemingly skewed toward white institutions.
HEALTH
Curing Cancer is a Family Affair for These Burlington Residents
Burlington Buzz
A family’s participation in the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund walk has ballooned into a 40-person team since 2015.
Purple flags at Newton-Wellesley Hospital a poignant reminder of the opioid crisis
The Swellesley Report
The body count continues to mount, year after year.
Carney ‘working group’ still in formation; panel expected to finalize recommendations in 90 days
Dorchester Reporter
The closure of Dorchester’s main healthcare facility has already led to “additional pressures on staffing and wait times at other facilities, including Dorchester and Mattapan’s network of community health centers and Boston Medical Center.”
HOUSING
At the Last Bastion of Rent Control, Requests for Big Hikes
The Shoestring and the Montague Reporter
Unbeknownst to most Mass residents, we still have rent control at trailer parks. But the reform is under threat.
Duplex Housing Debate Takes Ominous Turn
Sudbury Weekly
An interesting fight over whether affordable units should mainly be built in the neighborhood that already has some or in other tonier parts of the very wealthy town.
MBTA zoning walk stops to take a closer look at downtown
The Local News (Ipswich)
Rowley is the latest community looking to build more affordable housing in the wake of the MBTA Communities Act.
LABOR
As Health Alliance and medical staff negotiate, Cambridge council order carves a middle path
Cambridge Day
Cambridge Health Alliance doctors-in-training in the Committee of Interns and Residents SEIU are in contract negotiations for better wages, shorter hours, and a restoration of mental health benefits.
Teachers ‘significantly’ lower wage proposal, start work-to-rule action
Marblehead Current
Marblehead teachers turn up the heat in their union contract negotiations with Marblehead Publis Schools by refusing to “perform duties outside of their contractual agreements.”
New Bedford longshoremen support wider strike, but they’re still on the job
The New Bedford Light
For those following the dockworkers strike, it’s fascinating that some port workers represented by the International Longshoremen’s Association are not joining the strike based on what cargo they move.
LIFESTYLE
Filipino Culture on Center Stage in Cambridge
Sampan
Very cool, but there are still no Filipino restaurants in the Greater Cambridge area … aw!
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