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MBTA will suspend service, including between Kenmore and Boston College, in late April for infrastructure updates
On April 7, the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) announced it will suspend service on parts of the Green Line for infrastructure upgrades from April 22 to April 30. The B branch will be closed between Kenmore and Boston College…
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Still a mystery: Historical Society talk unearths Spy Pond Tusk revelations
Photos by Sara Creato. Found in Arlington more than 65 years ago, a tusk believed to be some 46,000 years old still prompts more questions than answers. The tusk, which is from a mammoth that roamed the North American tundra,…
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Hearing addresses needs, priorities for HUD funding
The city held a public hearing last month to discuss “the needs and priorities” for an estimated $27 million in funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The funds may be invested in housing, homeless assistance and…
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Hofherr looks to continue progress as Kingsley’s new head of school
When students arrive at Kingsley Montessori School next fall, they will be greeted by a familiar person at the front door: Tara Hofherr. Hofherr, the associate head of school since 2024, will become the new head of school in July.…
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Rescuers work to combat food waste
Food rescuers Jeff Schwartz and Virginie Forget stood outside the Trader Joe’s on Boylston Street recently, gingerly stacking boxes of carefully packaged groceries into the trunk of Forget’s car. Containers labeled “fresh fruit” were stacked atop dozens of eggs, until…
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Natick residents reflect on $7m operating budget override a year later
Natick Center (photo by Olivia Ruzic). Last year’s Natick annual town election posed a seemingly impossible choice for its residents: Raise their real estate taxes by an average of $450 per year through a $7 million budget override, or sacrifice…
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A decades-old state law is squeezing budgets in Brookline and beyond. Local legislators aren’t eager to change it.
As Brookline voters go to the polls next month for the second time in three years to vote on a property tax override – this time for roughly $23 million, the largest in state history if approved — local legislators don’t appear…
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Family says Dorchester man fatally shot by police officer was experiencing mental health crisis
A high-profile civil rights attorney representing Stephenson King Jr.’s family said Thursday that King was in the midst of a mental health crisis when Boston police fatally shot him and that body camera footage from his shooting should be released. “If the…
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School leadership, performance get City Council committee’s attention
The high turnover of principals in Waltham schools and the high school’s low score on a state education report card dominated discussion at the City Council’s Committee of the Whole meeting Monday night. Superintendent Marisa Mendonsa gave committee members an…