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IndyMass: September 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 #68.

ARTS
With ‘Rhinoceros,’ Diane Paulus turns the page to a new chapter at the American Repertory Theater
Cambridge Somerville Independent
Article by BINJ alum Shira Laucharoen!

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
A Q&A With Kishana Osei, Executive Director of the MA Women of Color Network
Sudbury Weekly
MAWOCN sustains “women of color working in the sexual and domestic violence movement in Massachusetts.”

EDUCATION
As budget woes linger in Hampshire County, some look to the colleges
The Shoestring (Western Mass.)
Some locals want to see more Payments In Lieu Of Taxes to pay for basic services.

ELECTIONS
‘The results were all over the map’: Lots of challengers, few successes in primary
The Flipside (Boston)
Yawu Miller with an overview of the outcomes of several recent Boston primaries.

FOOD
Village Pancake House closes abruptly
The Local News (Ipswich)
Nooooooooooo!

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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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