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Boston tops U.S. metro areas in return-to-office numbers, analysis finds
Boston led all major U.S. metro areas in October with the sharpest increase in return-to-work numbers from the prior year, coinciding with Fidelity Investments’ policy of requiring five days a week in the office. Boston office workers made 4.1% more trips to work in October, according to Placer.ai, which...
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Westford Planning Board approves Kinloch Drive subdivision despite continued residents’ objections
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Inside Somerville's most colorful building
Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly arts and culture newsletter, The ARTery. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. It’s hard to not stop and stare when you happen to pass by the Museum of Modern Renaissance, an extraordinary building on an otherwise ordinary residential block in Somerville.
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hoodline.com
Connecticut Inmate Gets 3 More Years For Threatening Boston Court Clerk By Mail
John J. Moakley U.S. Courthouse — Site Of Clerk's Workplace And Sentencing. A federal judge in Boston sentenced Devin James Melycher to three years in prison on Nov. 3 for mailing threatening letters to a clerk at the city’s federal courthouse. The court also imposed three years of supervised release after prison. Melycher, who grew up in Connecticut, is already serving a 12-year federal sentence, according to The Boston Globe.
The Bedford Citizen
Edith Nourse Rogers: the Woman Behind the Hospital Name
Many driving through Bedford past the Edith Nourse Rogers Veterans Memorial Hospital may not know about the woman memorialized by its name, Edith Nourse Rogers. She was a pioneer in many ways, but especially in her work supporting veterans. After her husband John Jacob Rogers was elected to Congress in 1912, she traveled with him to England and France, where she witnessed the injuries of soldiers returning from World War I. She was moved to volunteer for the American Red Cross.
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Remains of Pvt. Joseph Gala, Missing in Action for 82 Years, Laid to Rest in Lynn
After more than 80 years, the remains of a World War II soldier have come home to Massachusetts. The remains of Pvt. Joseph Gala were laid to rest in his hometown of Lynn, Massachusetts, on Thursday, Nov. 5, according to a WBTV report. Gala entered the military in 1943 and...
homenewshere.com
Town Meeting passes on Forest Ridge land again
WINCHESTER - Town Meeting once again rejected a plan to purchase 13.7 acres of land on Forest Ridge abutting the Middlesex Fells Reservation and the Stoneham line. This time, proponents asked Town Meeting to use eminent domain to acquire the land, as the owners reportedly have an agreement in place to sell the land to a developer.
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The Swellesley Report
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Column: Newton gets high marks as a place where older adults stay active
Massachusetts has been tracking healthy aging trends since 2012, and the principal investigator, Beth Dugan, makes her home in Newton Highlands. So I turned to her for some local insight on our older adult population. As I spoke with Dugan about the 2025 Healthy Aging Data Report, I was intrigued...
WBUR
Boston Reparations Task Force mulls how to focus the project going forward
Members of the Boston Reparations Task Force are debating a path forward in the wake of the city’s move to drop a study of slavery in Boston that found itself mired in controversy. Historians and an archeologist who have examined Boston’s history with slavery discussed possible paths forward after...
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Somerville weighs stricter backyard cottage rules amid density and affordability concerns
Somerville lawmakers and planning officials are weighing citizen-led proposals to tighten rules on backyard cottages, pitting neighborhood concerns over vanishing green space and soaring home prices against state housing mandates. Four citizen petitions aimed at amending a section of the city’s zoning code were heard at a Nov. 5 public...
Boston
Ed Flynn has a new challenger for his Boston City Council seat
Rachel Pearson, a community organizer and substitute teacher who lives in South Boston, is taking on Flynn. It may be a year away, but Boston’s 2027 election is already starting to take shape. Councilor Ed Flynn, a prominent and outspoken member of the City Council who has served on the body longer than any of his colleagues, has a new challenger.
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Water company to revisit bold color on new tower after design review, planning boards object
Representatives from the Weir River Water System presented an update on the now 138-foot Strawberry Hill water tank construction project to the planning board in joint session with the design review board on November 4 – including the latest design – drawing a number of concerns from board members and a couple of residents. There is no application currently before the planning board.
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Boston’s Christopher Columbus Park Trellis Lighting Returns Nov. 23 With 50,000 Blue Lights
One of Boston's most beloved holiday traditions is set to return to the waterfront later this month as the annual Christopher Columbus Park Trellis Lighting celebrates its 24th year. The Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park will host the event on Monday, Nov. 23,...