IndyMass: December 12, 2024

BY JASON PRAMAS
December 12, 2024

TAGS: IndyMass, Jason Pramas, journalism, Massachusetts, news, roundup

A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State!

ARTS
Film Review: “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” — Troll Poopies
The Arts Fuse
Spicy review! Five stars!

ENVIRONMENT
Ipswich clamming industry at risk due to new sewage regulations
The Local News (Ipswich)
As a lover of (consuming) North Shore clams, this piece makes me sad … and concerned on a number of levels.

GOVERNMENT
Demands for leases and tenant support are heard during a hearing on plans for Somerville Armory
Cambridge Day
Nice piece on the latest round of a long-running Somerville dustup by a reporter I do a side project with.

Sudbury Fire Chief, John Whalen, to Retire
Sudbury Weekly
An homage to a clearly popular local official.

JUSTICE
Housing Reparations Commission Releases Names of Racist Deed Financiers
The Shoestring (Western Mass.)
Precisely the kind of local historical muckraking I’d like to see more of.

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JASON PRAMAS

Jason Pramas is the executive director of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. He is also editor-in-chief of BINJ's independent weekly magazine BINJ.News and executive director of the Somerville Media Fund.

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