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School committee prepares for districtwide audit, approves $215,000 donation
The Newton School Committee met on Monday night to discuss an upcoming district audit by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), a proposal to build a solar canopy at Countryside Elementary School, and the results of a student and family survey. The committee also voted unanimously to...
Dorchester Reporter
Unions, contractors help veterans transition from ‘Helmets to Hardhats’
Copyright © 2026 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. This content may not be re-published or re-used without written permission. Left to right: Helmets to Hardhats Executive Director Martin Helms, Massachusetts Building Trades Unions President Frank Callahan, Veteran and IUEC Local 4 member Matthew Watson, Veteran and First-Year Apprentice at IBEW Local 103 Paul Redmond, Veteran and Laborers’ Local 609 member Darien Williams, Secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Veterans Services (EOVS) Dr. Eric Goralnick, and SMART-NERC President Russell Bartash. Cassidy McNeeley photo.
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Charlie’s Kitchen Will Not Reopen in Cambridge’s Harvard Square After Owner Says Building Was Sold Following January Flood
Charlie's Kitchen, the Harvard Square burger-and-beer spot that has served Cambridge since 1951, will not reopen, owner David Toraji Oshima announced Nov. 6. The building has been sold, and the new owners "don't have any interest" in bringing Charlie's back, Oshima told The Boston Globe. The decision ends a 10-month...
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Cambridge parking permit changes address chronic underfunding
On December 1, Cambridge residents can start renewing their resident parking permits, and for the first time since 2013, the price is going up, from $25 to $75. Though this may seem like a large increase, the true price was never really $25. Rather, neighbors without cars were paying part of the difference.
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Greater Boston renters need to make $181K to afford a starter home
A homebuyer needs to earn at least $181,000 a year to be able to comfortably afford a single-family home — and a lower-priced one at that — in Greater Boston, a new Boston Indicators report states. Why it matters: Homeownership remains out of reach for Greater Boston residents, especially Black and Latino residents, even as home sale prices soften, per the 2026 Greater Boston Housing Report Card released Tuesday. Catch up quick: Demand has outpaced housing supply for decades in Massachusetts, but home sale prices have increased on pace with (and sometimes outpacing) inflation. Those increases, plus increased interest rates, mean home prices are just starting to dip slightly even as the region's population growth and economy slow down. By the numbers: In 2021, interest rates were 3% and the median cost of a single-family home in a "low-priced town" was $553,500, per the report. Some 188,000 renters in Greater Boston earned enough to own a home in that scenario ($124,000 or more). Today, interest rates have more than doubled and the median for that home is $600,000. Now just 119,000 renters earn enough to afford a home ($181,000 or more). Data: Zillow via Boston Indicators, 2026 Greater Boston Housing
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Suicide prevention program to be run from local veterans center
A nonprofit human services group has been awarded a $750,000 federal grant to help reduce suicides among veterans in Plymouth and eastern Massachusetts. Volunteers of America Massachusetts – which runs the Plymouth Area Veterans Center – will use the grant funding to focus on veterans who have become more isolated as they age.
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Nilanjana’s Journey to Center Stage
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