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Crossposted @ NSHBOSTON – On January 22, 2025, Secretary Walsh presented Governor Healey’s proposed $62 billion budget plan to the Commonwealth’s stakeholders—a strategy that, while promising hundreds of millions for the MBTA, would simultaneously eliminate vital mental health services for our most vulnerable...
It is the ugliest police station I have ever seen in my life. Not that I’ve seen many, thankfully, but this looks like a shoebox blown up to accommodate three firetruck-sized garage doors.Inside, behind the wooden counter are a few office chairs and desks. One of the two officers smiles when he looks at me and says...
I want to help set intention for the next season, in part, by recounting the last.Greatest PicsMixmasterI make mixes for getting work done. They are about an hour in length, begin with a poem and consist mostly of sound tracks from shows, movies and games, as well as classical and jazz. Generally, music with lyrics tends to be...
Anansi Field Notes system is a modification of the Grinnell Field Notes system tailored for Urban Exploration.
AMHERST The line outside Craig’s Place at 434 North Pleasant St in Amherst, the only homeless shelter in Amherst, starts to form around 9:00 p.m.. Waiting in queue, the group of mostly men talk and smoke cigarettes as they wait, more people arrive in ones and twos, emerging out of the darkness to be painted by floodlights. The...
NORTHAMPTON On a busy afternoon at Haymarket Cafe in the heart of downtown Northampton Tricia McDonough, 26 from Easthampton MA and a barista makes the call to the Northampton Police Department because someone has locked themselves in a bathroom and seems to be unresponsive. The problem first surfaced when several customers asked...
“Let’s go see what’s up here,” she said, motioning up a dirt path. My friend Laura and I are out taking photos of the land I have just moved to, 100 acres of mixed wood forest in rural Massachusetts. Autumn is full bloom all around us. Gold and red carpet the ground and cling to the tops of branches as if to set...
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