In the Globe today: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/02/07/history-fight-wants-put-digital-billboards-around-boston-common/1zRWY93RKV1p73tUNkOC4M/story.html Honestly this is a good idea. I think the preservationists are being a bit extreme on this one. The “billboards” would be the size of a TV. Those stations are in heavily commercial neighborhoods already so adding these ads would in no way harm the “character” of the neighborhood. From …
POV: Solitary Confinement Offends Basic Humanity
A student examines policies that could reduce and improve the use of segregation that are currently under consideration by the criminal justice reform conference committee, via BU Today.
First Parish Arlington group marking five years
The Mass Incarceration Working Group of the First Parish UU of Arlington will celebrate five years of working to end mass incarceration in Massachusetts on Feb. 11, via Wicked Local.
Increasing Education Aid
Overall, state aid to schools is inadequate. I hope we can pass the “millionaire’s tax” this November and use the proceeds to increase school aid under a simpler, more rational formula.
Belmont Cultural Council Announces Local Grant Awardees
The Belmont Cultural Council announced the award of 15 grants totaling $5450 for cultural programs in Belmont
A step forward in the Allston I-90 conversation
Harvard has made a move to accelerate the West Station component of the I-90 interchange project.