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Data centers: We have met the enemy and they are us

Data centers: We have met the enemy and they are us

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The massive build-out of data centers recently has aroused the wrath of the American public across the political spectrum. However, this backlash has highlighted a sharp disconnect in modern society: On the one hand, we expect technology to provide us...

Markey, Pressley release report showing success of fare-free transit in state

Markey, Pressley release report showing success of fare-free transit in state

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Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) today released a new report, Making Transit Free, Frequent, and Reliable: Massachusetts shows the need for federal investment in fare-free transit, detailing...

Justice beyond the headlines: Why I’m voting for Kevin Hayden

Justice beyond the headlines: Why I’m voting for Kevin Hayden

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September 1, 2026 is primary election day. With only Democrats running for Suffolk County District Attorney, the race will be over in September rather than in November. We have a choice to make this year, and unlike most seats that...

Conservancy, Citizen Plaintiffs respond to Mass. Supreme Judicial Court decision in Franklin Park White Stadium case

Conservancy, Citizen Plaintiffs respond to Mass. Supreme Judicial Court decision in Franklin Park White Stadium case

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Special to the Regional Review Emerald Necklace Conservancy President Karen Mauney-Brodek issued the following statement in response to the court’s decision on the Franklin Park White Stadium case: “We’re disappointed by this outcome, which means that a new professional for-profit...

$800,000 Cummings Grant to fuel Project Bread's fight against hunger statewide

$800,000 Cummings Grant to fuel Project Bread's fight against hunger statewide

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As hunger reaches new heights across Massachusetts, Project Bread has secured a major investment to connect households with food. The leading statewide food security organization has been selected as one of 150 nonprofits to receive funding through Cummings Foundation's annual...

Sail Boston 2026 Launches Interactive Fleet Tracker to Follow Ships in Real Time

Sail Boston 2026 Launches Interactive Fleet Tracker to Follow Ships in Real Time

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Sail Boston 2026 is proud to announce the launch of its official interactive Fleet Tracker, powered by Aqua Map technology. Designed to enhance the viewing experience for maritime enthusiasts, locals, and visitors, this new tool provides an unparalleled and close-up look at this summer’s historic maritime celebration...

Mayor Wu signs city order to expand property tax relief for older homeowners

Mayor Wu signs city order to expand property tax relief for older homeowners

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Mayor Michelle Wu, this week, joined City Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune, Mass Senior Action, local elected officials, and residents to sign a city order that lets Boston adjust the senior property tax break each year to keep up with the cost...

Massachusetts House Passes Landmark Data Privacy Legislation with Strong Consumer Protections

Massachusetts House Passes Landmark Data Privacy Legislation with Strong Consumer Protections

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Special to the Gazette The Massachusetts House of Representatives last month passed comprehensive legislation establishing essential consumer data privacy rights for residents of the Commonwealth. The Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act provides consumers with greater control over their own...

Enjoy the great weather on Labor Day weekend

Enjoy the great weather on Labor Day weekend

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With the weatherman predicting a great Labor Day weekend from Friday through Monday, we hope that all of our readers will have a chance to make the most of the final weekend of the summer season. The Summer of ‘26...

Signs of Summer’s End

Signs of Summer’s End

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All in all, this has been a pretty good summer. The weather has been as close to perfect as we could expect for summer activities. The mornings along our coastline have been pleasantly placid for those of us who row...

Suffolk County DA Hayden is proud of his many accomplishments

Suffolk County DA Hayden is proud of his many accomplishments

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When Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden was introduced at a recent political event in Revere, the applause was substantial. Revere Mayor Patrick Keefe praised Hayden in his remarks, stating, “We’re here to celebrate our public safety. We have the...

Mayor Wu Highlights Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Plans for Streets

Mayor Wu Highlights Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Plans for Streets

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By Adam Swift In the wake of the death of Boston transportation planner Louisa Gag earlier this month, Mayor Michelle Wu has released plans to make city streets safer. Gag was killed on her bicycle when she was riding near...

The Associates of the Boston Public Library presented an evening of music, poetry, and reflection marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

The Associates of the Boston Public Library presented an evening of music, poetry, and reflection marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

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The Associates of the Boston Public Library (Associates) presented We Hold These Truths on Thursday, June 25 at the Central Library’s Rabb Hall, marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with an evening of music, poetry, and reflection...

Vote September 1: City of Boston Election Department issues reminders ahead of State Primary, issues call for poll workers

Vote September 1: City of Boston Election Department issues reminders ahead of State Primary, issues call for poll workers

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The Boston Election Department is reminding voters that the State Primary will take place on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. This election will determine the candidates on the ballot in the upcoming State Election on Tuesday, November 3. Poll Worker Recruitment...

Glasgow Traffic Cone welcomed as a Token of Hospitality and Friendship between Scotland and Massachusetts during the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Glasgow Traffic Cone welcomed as a Token of Hospitality and Friendship between Scotland and Massachusetts during the 2026 FIFA World Cup

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Special to the Regional Review Mayor Michelle Wu, Governor Maura Healey, Massport CEO Richard Davey and Meet Boston President & CEO Martha J. Sheridan celebrated the arrival of the Glasgow traffic cone to Massachusetts. Inspired by the 40?year Scottish tradition...

Newly established fund helps deliver free equine-assisted therapy to veterans

Newly established fund helps deliver free equine-assisted therapy to veterans

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A longtime local business owner, Chris Pedersen, and his wife, Lynn, have established the Lt. Col. Rhea R. McCarthy Veterans Fund at Strongwater Farm, which helps underwrite the cost of providing free equine-assisted therapy for veterans and their immediate family...

Gov. Healey does the right thing to ban kratom

Gov. Healey does the right thing to ban kratom

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Gov. Healey does the right thing to ban kratom The decision last week by Gov. Maura Healey and the Mass. Dept. of Public Health to issue an order classifying kratom as a Schedule 1 drug, thereby effectively banning the sale...

Wu announces Kerry Jordan as Executive Director of City of Boston Election Department

Wu announces Kerry Jordan as Executive Director of City of Boston Election Department

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Kerry Jordan as the new Executive Director of the City of Boston Election Department and provided an update on the department’s ongoing operational and modernization efforts ahead of the September 1 State Primary. Jordan will...

Successful Healthy Rides Program Expands its help for Older Residents

Successful Healthy Rides Program Expands its help for Older Residents

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Special to the Regional Review Mayor Michelle Wu, Boston’s Age Strong Commission, the Biogen Foundation, the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (ULEM), and Lyft announced the expansion of Healthy Rides, a free transportation initiative for Boston’s older residents. Supported by...

ABCD’s Free Tax Preparation Program Yields over $7 million in Refunds for Greater Boston Residents

ABCD’s Free Tax Preparation Program Yields over $7 million in Refunds for Greater Boston Residents

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Special to the Patriot-Bridge For the third consecutive year, ABCD’s Free Tax Preparation Program secured more than $7 million in state and federal tax returns for residents of Greater Boston and the Mystic Valley during the 2026 tax season. Results...

Boston grassroots comedy on the rise ‘glADDY8rs: Stand Up Comedy Death Battle’ expands fall run to include “late night” dates at the North End’s Improv Asylum

Boston grassroots comedy on the rise ‘glADDY8rs: Stand Up Comedy Death Battle’ expands fall run to include “late night” dates at the North End’s Improv Asylum

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The fall run of the grassroots comedy show, glADDY8rs, opens at The Rockwell on Friday, September 4, at 9:30pm, featuring 23 Boston-area comics in a self-described “Stand Up Comedy Death Battle,” where audience members vote when to kick comedians off...

Wu expands Boston Family Days with free, professionally guided tours

Wu expands Boston Family Days with free, professionally guided tours

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the 2026 Boston Family Days program now includes free, professionally guided tours across the city, giving Boston students and their families new ways to explore the neighborhoods, landmarks, and stories that have shaped Boston...

Aquarium documents 2,000 animals, including whale sharks, during aerial survey

Aquarium documents 2,000 animals, including whale sharks, during aerial survey

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Aerial survey observers with the New England Aquarium sighted more than 2,000 animals during a recent flight over the Northeast Canyons and Seamount Marine National Monument, showcasing the area’s extraordinary biodiversity. Scientists with the Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean...

New England Aquarium applauds Boston flood protection plan

New England Aquarium applauds Boston flood protection plan

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Given its location on Boston’s waterfront, the New England Aquarium is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, experiencing flooding during storm surges, king tides, and other extreme weather. Since 2019, the Aquarium has been among those leading the...

Massachusetts Fire Departments achieve nation’s fourth-highest emergency response rate

Massachusetts Fire Departments achieve nation’s fourth-highest emergency response rate

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The Department of Fire Services announced that Massachusetts fire departments have achieved the fourth-highest reporting rate in the country for the National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS). 90% of Massachusetts fire departments have reported more than 1.3 million apparatus responses...

Where is Teddy Roosevelt when we need him?

Where is Teddy Roosevelt when we need him?

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The constant cacophony of bumbling babbling from our leaders in Washington these days with regard to the ongoing conflict with Iran brings to mind the wisdom of former President Theodore Roosevelt. On September 1, 1901 — just two weeks before...

BizUnlocked Boston Business Access Program celebrates 14 graduates

BizUnlocked Boston Business Access Program celebrates 14 graduates

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On Saturday, June 28, the Office of Small Business celebrated the 14 graduates of the BizUnlocked Boston Business Access Program. This is the inaugural year of BizUnlocked Boston, which is executed by Tessi Consulting. BizUnlocked Boston is a business access...

Linda Champion announces her campaign for Suffolk County District Attorney

Linda Champion announces her campaign for Suffolk County District Attorney

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Attorney, community leader, former Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney, educator, and longtime housing advocate, Linda Champion announces her campaign to be the next Suffolk County District Attorney at Florian Hall in Dorchester before a crowd of more than 120 residents,...

Wu, USACE announce draft plan to protect Boston against sea-level rise, extreme weather

Wu, USACE announce draft plan to protect Boston against sea-level rise, extreme weather

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Mayor Michelle Wu announced the release of the US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) draft Boston Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study, a once-in-a-generation study to protect Boston against coastal flooding and sea level rise. This study, projected to be...

Mayor Wu announces City Of Boston to host second-ever National Urban Rat Summit

Mayor Wu announces City Of Boston to host second-ever National Urban Rat Summit

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Mayor Michelle Wu has announced that the City of Boston will host the second-ever National Urban Rat Summit this fall, from September 23 to 24. The two-day summit will bring together leading experts, academics, researchers, public health professionals, and municipal...

MBTA celebrates special summer events with collectible CharlieCards

MBTA celebrates special summer events with collectible CharlieCards

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The MBTA has announced the availability of special edition collectible CharlieCards featuring iconic Boston landmarks to celebrate an exciting summer of events taking place in Boston and the surrounding Commonwealth this year. “The MBTA is excited to welcome thousands of...

News, Notes and Whatever

News, Notes and Whatever

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By Phil Orlandella FOCCP makes Columbus Park a community place to be For 25 years, a group of residents calling themselves “Friends of Christopher Columbus Park (FOCCP) committed to taking care of the park. The all-volunteer nonprofit group, right from the...

Clean Water and Land Conservation Advocates launch ‘YES on 6’ Campaign with Charles River Boat Launch to Educate voters about ‘Protect Water and Nature’ Initiative on November Ballot

Clean Water and Land Conservation Advocates launch ‘YES on 6’ Campaign with Charles River Boat Launch to Educate voters about ‘Protect Water and Nature’ Initiative on November Ballot

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Special to the Regional Review Clean water and land conservation advocates from across Massachusetts gathered on the Charles River Esplanade — and ceremonially launched a boat into the Charles River — to mark the official launch of the “YES on...