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Dreamtown Finder: Massachusetts town search calculator

A tool to help you find the ideal Massachusetts communities for your needs ...
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The MBTA: ruining weekends since 1897

The first portion of the subway line that would become the MBTA opened more than 115 years ago, and by the standards of that time, it's doing pretty well ...
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Menino outlines $1.8 billion, five-year plan for capital improvements across city

(Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff) Mayor Thomas M. Menino today at the proposed site of a handicapped friendly park near Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Charlestown ...
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Big cultural fests won’t be in Franklin Park this year

The annual Puerto Rican and Dominican cultural festivals will relocate from Franklin Park to City Hall Plaza downtown this year because re-sodding of part of the park is taking longer than expected, according to City and park advocacy officials ...
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Man freed because of Annie Dookhan case charged in Brockton murder

BROCKTON -- A man charged with committing a murder here Tuesday afternoon would have been behind bars, but he was free because his drug dealing conviction had been tossed out after it was discovered that disgraced state chemist Annie Dookhan handled the evidence and testified at his trial, officials said today ...
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Results from the second-annual MathRocks competition

The second-annual MathRocks competition brought mathletes from across the city together for a day of putting their mathematical skills to the test ...
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MassHousing awards support affordable sober housing programs

MassHousing, the quasi-public agency charged with providing financing for affordable housing in the Bay State, said it has awarded 4,950 to support sober housing programs in Boston, Worcester, and Springfield ...
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City: Help us pick where to put new Hubway stations in South Boston, Jamaica Plain, Dorchester, Charlestown

Boston residents and area cyclists can provide feedback about proposed locations for new Hubway stations as the bike-share program gears up to expand to the South Boston Innovation District, Jamaica Plain, North Dorchester and Charlestown, city officials announced Thursday.
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MBTA to launch faster, more informative 'T-Alerts' system; old system to be discontinued

The MBTA says riders will soon be able to receive faster, more reliable, and more informative alerts, via text and e-mail, about sudden service delays and disruptions and planned changes.
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SingPositive, JP Spring Concert on Sunday, May 19 at 4 pm

Join SingPositive, JP! for our Spring Concert! Sunday, May 19th, 4pm @ St ...
Jamaica Plain Gazette

Politics as Unusual: Menino’s tech legacy is no joke

City Councilor-at-Large John Connolly said something interesting at a mayoral forum in Jamaica Plain last week ...
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Church owners set deadline in negotiations

The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC) and the New Atlantic Development have said that a decision will need to be made within 60 days in the negotiations with the Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF) over the possibility of that organization buying the former Blessed Sacrament Church building ...
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Photopost: Wake Up The Earth 2013

Spring descended on Jamaica Plain this past weekend with the annual Wake Up the Earth Festival presented by Spontaneous Celebrations ...
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Nominees for the Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards

The Immigrant Learning Center in Malden will be hosting its annual awards dinner to recognize the work of entrepreneurs from overseas ...
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Top 10 best locations to live in Mass.

If you were to move to any Massachusetts community, where should you go? We analyzed and ranked each towns crime rateincluding violent and property crime,the number of public transit options, the number of historical sites per resident, the percentage of acres that are open space, and the number of grocery stores ...
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Cheapest places to live in Massachusetts

Here's a slideshow of the 10 towns with the cheapest home values in Massachusetts ...
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Top 10 Most Fun Places to Live in Massachusetts

How fun is your town? We ranked the top 10 most fun communities in Massachusetts by analyzing the number of restaurants, theaters, and museums, using Tripadvisor and other online sources, per population data provided by the US Census ...
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Top 10 towns with best schools in Massachusetts

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Top 10 hipster places in Massachusetts

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