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Stories to be assigned (newest at the top):
--The South Street Bennett School (N. End), one of America's best trade schools, just started a workshop featuring the students' works (carpentry, violins, bound books, etc.).
1) City reminds residents they can cool off at public water sprays, bubblers
• As Boston gears up for a hot blast of summer this week, the city's Parks and
Recreation Department is reminding residents they can access 50 water spray
locations and 134 bubblers, or "water fountains" as non-locals call them.
• Link: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/allston_brighton/2012/06/city_reminds_residents_they_ca.html
2) 10K road race to close Back Bay streets Sunday morning
• Streets in Back Bay and Beacon Hill will be closed Sunday morning to make way
for runners participating in the Boston Athletic Associations 10K race.
• Link: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/back_bay/2012/06/10k_road_race_to_close_back_ba.html
3) Mass. Senate passes MBTA bailout; Plan would avert bigger hikes, cuts
• The state Senate agreed Tuesday to tap $49 million from a little-known state
surplus to help the MBTA close its deficit for the coming year and avoid steeper
fare increases and wider service cuts than those scheduled for July 1. The plan,
approved on a 26-9 vote, largely falls in line with a measure approved by the
House last week, meaning the bailout appears destined to receive Governor Deval
Patrick’s signature before a June 30 deadline.
• Link: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/06/20/mass_senate_passes_mbta_bailout/
1) Surging Ridership could overwhelm T
• By the end of the decade, Boston’s subways could grow so packed that trains
would roll past waiting commuters, unable to accommodate more riders, a new
report from a leading land-use think tank warns.
• The findings in the report scheduled for release Thursday, inject additional
urgency to the T’s financial crisis and come amid debate on Beacon Hill over how
much to invest in public transportation. The MBTA shoulders the biggest debt
burden of any transit agency in the country.
2) Malden school budget hearing Monday
• The Malden School Committee will hold a public hearing Monday, June 18 to
discuss the fiscal 2013 budget, which cuts 37 positions from the school payroll,
including 23 teachers and nearly a dozen paraprofessionals.
3) Convoys of cyclists to ride to City Hall for Bike Friday
• The city’s biking initiative is encouraging people in and around Boston to
bicycle to work more by rewarding cycling commuters with free breakfast and expo
as part of its “Bike Fridays” program.
--STATE HOUSE EVENT TO ANNOUNCE MAJORITY SUPPORT OF LEGISLATURE FOR UPDATED BOTTLE BILL; PLEASE COME
State House Event to Announce Majority Support of Legislature for Updated Bottle Bill—Please Come!
When: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at Noon
Where: Front steps of the State House, at the corner of Park St and Beacon ST
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Not all local East Boston residents approve of casino plan
• Caesars Entertainment and Suffolk Downs (thoroughbred race
track) revealed plans Tuesday for a luxury gambling hotel and emporium
at the old race track, announcing their intention to bid for the right
to build the sole resort casino in Greater Boston.
• But not everyone in the East Boston-area is on board with this
plan. Go down to Suffolk Downs and compare/contrast thoughts of local
residents on the proposed casino.
• Link #1: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/06/06/plan-unveiled-for-suffolk-downs-casino/cWzpGf8B1cnWgxSiQs5sjP/story.html
• Link #2: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/06/05/east-boston-residents-eager-for-proposed-casino-economic-potential/AID3nErcmVuyyTT2kNW0HK/story.html
--UMass students oppose new fee hike plan
• Governor Deval Patrick and University of Massachusetts President
Robert Caret are quarreling over a proposal that would raise UMass fees
by 4.9 percent.
• The fee increase sailed through a UMass finance committee vote,
10 to 2, Tuesday and is likely to pass the full board Wednesday morning.
• Go down to UMass Boston campus and ask students how the fee hike
will hurt them and their chances to continue their education.
• Link: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/06/05/caret-patrick-quarrel-over-proposed-increase-umass-student-fees/YaKhXQYiUxI2iL5JxyUQuK/story.html
--For free entertainment, head to Faneuil Hall Marketplace, where the annual Street Performers Festivities will be going on from Saturday through Monday.
--Has the T sold its alcohol-related ads to non-alcohol clients?
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/downtown/2012/01/hold_response_to_alcohol_ad_ba.html
--Update Faneuil Hall renovation project.... Is it done?
--Eliot school in North End to expand
http://articles.boston.com/2012-05-23/yourtown/31828369_1_trade-school-classes-per-grade-level-school-committee
--NSTAR's Walk for Children's Hospital Boston
Sunday, June 10 9:00 a.m. At DCR Hatch Memorial Shell, Boston, MA
Link: http://calendar.boston.com/boston_ma/events/show/259609024-nstars-walk-for-childrens-hospital-boston
--Lawmakers yet to agree on bridging T funds gap – Fare increases taking effect
soon. Nearly two months after the MBTA board approved fare increases and service
cuts to partially close the T’s budget deficit, Massachusetts lawmakers have yet
to approve an infusion of $51 million in state money to cover the difference. Ask T riders their thoughts on state lawmakers’ inability to close deficit gap
Link: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/05/29/mbta-fare-hikes-loom-lawmakers-continue-debate-state-aid-for/QUnXrqCnUIpP2sNQbBUMQI/story.html
Assignment 1
Daniel=Rents, 5/31
Alyssa=Mass. Film Office, 5/29
Courtney=danceparty, 5/31
Y
an=Online forum, 5/31
Li=MBTA app, 5/31
Barb+Sarah=Local health service changes, 5/31
Brittany=puppy mills, 6/4
Shuyi=Boston run, 5/31
Adam=Concussion issues, 5/31
Assignment 2
Britt-+Yan=Common flags, 5/27
Dan=T ads, 6/4
Li=Summer mkts., 6/4
Alyssa=Food trucks, 6/4
Adam=Hubway bikes, 6/5
Enid+Li=Dragon boats, 6/14
Courtney=Exhibit, 6/5
Barbara+Sarah= Sandwich shop, 6/8
3
Brittany+Yan=Student debt, 6/14
Li-Enid=OCD drive, 6/9
Adam=Texting, 6/9
Alyssa=street performers, 6/11
Shuyi=Artist, 6/15
Barbara+Sarah=Filenes project, 6/14
4
Enid=Murals Josh, 6/19
Courtney=Eliot school, 6/10
Britt+Yan=Children's hosp walk, 6/13
Adam=UMass tuition increase, 6/12
Yan+Britt=Bottle bill, 6/12 or 13
5
Yan+Shuyi=Niwa app, 6/5
Enid=Tunnel art, 6/24
Adam+Dan=T fare rally, 6/13-14
Courtney=crossfit, 6/18
Li=Malden school, 6/20
6
Enid=Rowing, 6/5
Shuyi+Adam=Casinos, 6/26
Enid=NOrlean J, 6/26
