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IndyMass: August 28, 2025

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!

COMMUNITY
Neighborhood meeting on Teele Square ‘Pit’ hears concerns about project size, soil and traffic
Cambridge Day
This Somerville eyesore has been sitting undeveloped for over a decade despite major pushback from the abutting neighborhood. Unreal.

ICE
Life under ICE: Surviving and organizing amid a new immigration regime
The Shoestring (Western Mass.)
A must read.

Wu says Boston police won’t work with ICE, but activists fear they already may be
The Flipside (Boston)
Something’s rotten in the, um, state of Boston …

LABOR
Republic Services and Teamsters reportedly meeting for first time in over a month as trash strike continues
The Local News (Ipswich)
Some progress with the regional garbage strike.

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