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Quincy Dumps Flock Cameras for a One-Man Startup No One Can Find
Quincy is tearing out its 50 Flock Safety license plate cameras and replacing them with a new automated reader system built on Axis Communications hardware and software called OdinEye — a switch Mayor Thomas Koch announced without any public input or competitive bidding process. The move comes weeks after the city council voted overwhelmingly to cut ties with Flock following sustained pushback from residents over the cameras' privacy implications.
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Boston city official pleads guilty to pandemic loan fraud
A former Boston city official pleaded guilty to receiving a fraudulent government loan during the Covid-19 pandemic. Reuben Taylor, 40, the former director for the Boston Municipal Protective Services, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In 2008, Taylor began working for BMPS, an unarmed security...
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Community Forum to Explore Privacy Concerns Over Flock Surveillance Cameras
Indivisible Hingham Hull will host an educational forum on the growing use of Flock, AI-powered surveillance cameras, and the privacy concerns they raise in communities across Massachusetts. A representative from the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLU) will discuss how Flock cameras work, concerns about privacy and surveillance, and...
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Quincy council takes up surveillance rules, Granite Links lease
QUINCY ‒ City councilors on Monday, Nov. 9, will hold a public hearing on police surveillance technology and tackle a resolution urging state lawmakers not to extend Granite Links' lease of roughly 240 acres of public land into the 22nd century without more extensive financial analysis. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. with a public hearing on an ordinance proposed by Councilors Ziqiang Susan Yuan and Virginia Ryan that would require public input and council approval before the city adopts certain surveillance technologies, including automated license plate readers, facial recognition and systems that can track people or vehicles. The Ordinance Committee will take up the proposal at 6:30 p.m., and the full council could vote on the measure later in the evening. Councilors will also debate a resolution opposing efforts by state legislators to extend the Granite Links lease until 2107 through a rider to the 2026 supplemental appropriations bill, which is still pending on Beacon Hill. The measure calls for an independent financial analysis before the city makes a new long-term commitment involving roughly 240 acres of public land. Other agenda items include elected-official pay, cybersecurity oversight, a proposed independent whistleblower and anti-retaliation policy for city employees, and Mayor
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What Milton’s Special Town Meeting decided on the $11.75M Labouré campus, and upcoming Special Election
Town Meeting approved the purchase at the October Special Town Meeting. Voters decide in a town-wide special election on Tuesday, Dec. 15. Milton’s plan to buy the former Labouré College campus at 303 Adams Street cleared its first major hurdle on Monday, Oct. 19, when Special Town Meeting voted 168–45 to let the Select Board buy the property for $11.75 million and borrow the money to pay for it. That is well over the two-thirds majority the vote needed.
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Resident Concerns of BC’s Presence in Newton and School Renovations Shared at ‘Laredo Listens’
At Thursday night’s session of Laredo Listens, a question-and-answer discussion series between Newton residents and Mayor Marc Laredo, residents pressed Laredo with questions concerning Boston College’s property in Newton, school renovations, and transparency. One Newton resident inquired about Boston College’s purchase of Mount Alvernia High School in 2023....
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Two of Boston’s staple bars are teaming up for a New Hampshire expansion
Two signature bars in Boston's Fenway neighborhood are expanding to another New England city — one for the first time. Loretta's Last Call and Game On! will open at The Mall at Rockingham Park in Salem, New Hampshire in early 2027. The move marks the first expansion outside Boston...