Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #72.
ARTS
Jean Appolon Expressions gets a big platform for ‘Pouvwa,’ movement that wants to fix the future
Cambridge Somerville Independent
Looks like a great show by a great dance troupe that I covered years back. Check it out today and tomorrow (Nov. 13 and 14)!
Book Commentary: Why University Presses Matter in New England
The Arts Fuse (Somerville)
An opinion piece featuring some interesting local history … but the short response in comments by friend of BINJ Steve Provizer is equally interesting.
HEALTH
Public health report: Most school food services pass muster in October inspections
The Waltham Times
Here’s something you don’t see very often in local news outlets: a health inspections roundup.
HOUSING
Town Council retreats from housing battle
Winthrop Pilot
Will the Winthrop Town Council take over the mandate of the town’s Planning Board? Doesn’t look like it. Will the Planning Board be allowed to put Winthrop in compliance with the state’s mandate to clear the way for more multifamily housing? That remains to be seen.
POLITICS
New transparency for Mass. governor, lawmakers? Here’s how we plan to test it.
The Shoestring (western Mass.)
Hopefully, the legislature doesn’t thwart the people’s will by passing a law to replace Question 1 and Shoestring reporters get to be among the first to test out the powers of the new public records ballot question on the legislature. They certainly have some good ideas for articles to do just that.
Neighborhood Council says mayor is again overstepping her role
The Flipside (Boston)
Mayor Wu’s administration looks to be trying to renege on an agreement of two decades ago “that a Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee (RSMPOC) would have the power to select and approve projects and that the Roxbury Neighborhood Council (RNC) would have the power to nominate members to that committee.”
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