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IndyMass: April 17, 2025

A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press


Read on for some of the best reporting by local independent news outlets around the Bay State!

EDUCATION
“A celebration of curiosity and passion”: Pine Grove hosts second school-wide science day
The Local News (Ipswich)
Let’s start with a nice light piece this time out because the rest of the articles I chose for this edition are … heavy.

HEALTHCARE
Docs at Arab Conference at Harvard: We Need Solidarity Not Charity
Sampan
Fascinating takes from doctors who have recently volunteered in Gaza hospitals.

HIGHER EDUCATION
Harvard’s hosting of international students at risk in Trump administration’s targeting of academia
Cambridge Day
A matter much in the news (because it’s Harvard), but always worth reading a local take on a matter of international import taking place right here in Massachusetts.

Feds revoke student visas at UMass as Trump sets sights on public universities
The Shoestring (Western Mass.)
As with the Harvard article above, a deep local dive on a big developing story.

HISTORY
Lexington Depot grand opening in photos
The Lexington Observer
Lexington opens a new history museum, 25 years in the making, just in time for the 250th anniversary of the opening salvos of the Revolutionary War.

POLICE
Boston police sharing info with ICE, advocates say
The Flipside
I know you’re all shocked to hear this might be the case …

POLITICS
“The Federal Government Will Find You”
Worcester Sucks and I Love It
Checking in with Bill Shaner’s latest look at the ever-wild world of Wormtown politics.


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 2025 Jason Pramas.

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