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INDYMASS: October 17, 2024

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
Arts Commentary: Internet Archive Under Attack — Cultural History Under Threat
The Arts Fuse
A spirited defense of the home of the Wayback Machine.

ENVIRONMENT
MassDEP cites Housatonic Water Works for withholding poor test results
The Berkshire Argus (Western Mass.)
A move to municipalize a failing Great Barrington water company may be gaining steam.

FAITH
Old St. Ambrose school building won’t be sold, pastor says
Dorchester Reporter
Church weighing new tenants for the building after charter school leaves.

HOUSING
Controversy Swirls Around Housing Plans
Sudbury Weekly
Debate continues over how Sudbury should comply with the MBTA Communities Act.

State v. town of Milton as Mass. top court hears arguments in MBTA zoning fight
The Bay State Banner
But the big fight over the MBTA Communities Act is happening between Milton and the AG …

LIFESTYLE
Filipino Festival Serves Up Flavors,Memories of Home
The Sampan
Didn’t manage to make it over there this year, but hope to check it out next year … ;>

POLICE
Fallout Continues from Holyoke Police Harassment Scandal
The Shoestring (Western Mass.)
… because of course it does!

POLITICS
Forum to go ahead with one candidate, other uncertain
The Local (Ipswich)
A sitting Democratic politician may have told a fib to get out of debating a Republican challenger? The hell you say!

TRANSPORTATION
CRA sees a Grand Junction passenger service connecting North and future Allston stations
Cambridge Day
The idea of using an old train track to connect North Station to Allston’s new West Station via Cambridge may be back on the policy table … yet again.

WTF?
BREAKING: Ralph’s haunted attraction sparks religious protests
Worcester Sucks and I Love It
No idea what’s going on with this piece, but a must read, lol.


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