The public comment period for a draft environmental assessment of a proposal to utilize a satellite-guided airport route to reduce noise pollution in the Greater Boston area has been extended through March 15, 2013. When I wrote about this proposal previously, the deadline was listed as February 15, 2013. You may now submit written comments through March 15, 2013 to …
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The Allston Brighton Friends of Daly Field will host a community meeting on the Daly Field renovation project.
Senator Brownsberger is excited to invite you to participate in the 14th Annual Charles River Cleanup to be held on Earth Day, Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 9:00 AM until 12:00 PM. Senator Brownsberger and his staff will once again organize a region of the Charles River in Allston, Brighton and Watertown. Specifically, we are seeking volunteers to …
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I was appalled that the South African sprinter with leg prostheses is being sentenced to PREMEDITATED MURDER for shooting an intruder who turned out to be his girlfriend. The prosecution insists it is because he was “shooting to kill”. Not being a lawyer, I’d like one to explain why, by the same logic, it isn’t …
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I want to float a trial balloon. Don’t take my head off, it’s just a thought: What if we were to give the MBTA the ability to raise its own tax revenues regionally subject to periodic voter approval (as in Proposition 2.5)? Some background first: As compared to other major transit agencies in the United …
Last week, a political battle that I started in 2010 ended quietly. With leadership support on both sides, the Senate and the House adopted joint rules codifying sound business practices for procurement.
