IndyMass: June 18, 2026

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! Includes IndyMass #62.

ARTS
Ipswich’s Reilly Miner reflects on eight months in Cambodia
The Local News (Ipswich)
Interesting music diplomacy.

Arts Commentary: The Kennedy Center and the Boston Symphony Orchestra — A Tale of Two Crises
The Arts Fuse (Somerville)
Interesting comparison between recent events in DC and Massachusetts.

BOOZE
Cambridge has ideas about how to limit customer drinking, and the response has been terrible
Cambridge Somerville Independent
One of the dumbest proposals ever seen from the Cambridge License Commission has gone viral with predictable results.

POLICE
The Sheriff’s Sketchy Non-Profit For Shakedowns
Worcester Sucks and I Love It
“Not even the sheriffs are entirely sure of what it is they do! All of them, it turns out, do it a bit different. In each of their sheriff’s hearts they hold their bespoke sheriff’s dreams.”

POLITICS
As rent control campaign talks compromise, some tenant organizers feel “blindsided”
The Shoestring (Western Mass.)
The Homes for All Massachusetts coalition behind the ballot question campaign must not be feeling strong. The question is why?

Franklin Park abutters erupt in rage over city’s White Stadium plan
The Flipside (Boston)
The White Stadium fight escalates …


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