Write-in candidates add some competition to sleepy legislative election season
A handful of candidates for Massachusetts House and Senate seats made the general election ballot through successful write-in campaigns in the September primary.
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A Walk Down the Block: Boston's Spooky Streets Halloween parties
How a Jamaica Plain resident got a city grant to shut down her street for a safe and spooky event.
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Reparations advocates urge city to pause plan to give away vacant lots to build housing
At a city-funded public listening session, advocates argued that Boston should not give away land that was once owned by Black people before the task force on reparations can address what these families might be owed. -
One year after Lewiston shooting, sorrow and unity in Maine’s Deaf community
"It’s a heavy grief." A gathering in Portland honored the four Deaf people killed in Lewiston -
Crews fight a large brush fire in Massachusetts; 1 person found dead in a separate outdoor fire
A woman died in an outdoor fire at an encampment in Millbury on Saturday night and crews on Sunday were still fighting a large overnight brush fire in Salem as dry and windy conditions have raised the risk of wildfires in southern New England. -
Thousands of animals are killed every year on Mass. roads. There's a lasting impact.
The state can’t build large wildlife passageways because of suburban development, but experts say there are other ways to address the problem. -
In Westford, Mass., wild and controversial theories surround a stone carving's origins
Jeff Belanger, host of the New England Legends podcast, joined GBH's All Things Considered to discuss mysterious Westford Knight.
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