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IndyMass: July 2 & 23, 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 #63 and #64. BUSINESS Low rents in a CRA program offer expansions to Cini Coffee, Momma’s Grocery and…

World Cup, Late Cash: DPH Opened Bidding After Most Local Games Wrapped

From impossible calendar dates to questionable grant math, Massachusetts health agency ignores questions on post-World Cup spending

For a lot of soccer fans in Greater Boston, the region’s role in this year’s US-hosted World Cup was largely over by the end of June. By that point, there was only one remaining match scheduled for Foxborough—a…

Yellow Skies Are Not Pretty

One global warming driven event just negated another one … and that is messed up

BOSTON - Many older environmentalists, myself included, have been trying to warn our fellow human beings about the danger of global warming since the 1980s. Back then, there were fewer signs that what the vast majority of climate…

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