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Editor’s Note: BINJ.News Taking Next Week Off

Because I'm taking a break, too ... sweeeeeet ...

Yes, it's "vacation" for me this coming week for the first time in several months ... and my colleagues are insisting that I try to make it more of a real one than usual by actually giving BINJ.News…

IndyMass: June 4, 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 #61. Another quick one this time out … MEDIA “Loss of local autonomy”: With GBH, NEPM merger looming,…

Straying From The Flock: The Potential Of Black-Bagging Surveillance Cameras

Flock Safety has a $7.5 billion valuation, a massive drone lab, and a brand-new Boston office. It can also be defeated by a fifty-cent piece of plastic.

What should you do when local governments blindly hand over the keys to the Fourth Amendment by installing Flock Safety poles? You look to Dayton, Ohio, where city workers ended up smothering their own cameras with trash bags…

Photos: Boston 2026 World Expo

A look at the huge stamp-collecting event in Southie this week

BOSTON - As hobbies go, philately, or stamp collecting as it’s more commonly known, is inexpensive given that the vast majority of stamps on the planet are available for very small sums. I’ve spent maybe $3,000 on it…

Hampden Sheriff Last Local Holdout For Controversial Anti-Terrorism Partnership

Almost every local agency has left an anti-terrorism partnership with the FBI. With President Trump attempting to leverage it to stifle dissent, records show one local agency remains.

This story was originally published by The Shoestring It isn’t often that the federal government’s “Joint Terrorism Task Forces” make the news. But the multi-agency partnerships between FBI field offices and other law-enforcement agencies raised concerns among civil…

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