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Since Cambridge would be forced to draw on other water supplies in the event of a shortage, Barrett said his amendment was also important to the greater Boston area. He added that extremely low levels of precipitation this winter made a shortage likely...
John Howat, aide to Senate Education Committee Chair Salvatore R. Albano (D-Somerville), said that education's relative immunity from budget cuts in the past few years was in part a result of economic prosperity. "In the past five or six years, the Massachusetts economy was thriving. No area of the budget was really cut too much...
...Funds for the founding of "magnet schools," which would excel in a particular subject, and would attract students from that area. Price: $100 million...
Currently, the Watershed Protection Act includes Boston reservoirs, but omits Cambridge's main water supply at Hobbs Brook and Stony Brook, Barrett said. Since Cambridge would draw on other sources of water in the area in the event of a shortage, Barrett said the measure could also affect several neighboring towns...
...child abuse. Though Lisa suffered repeated mistreatment, her plight only once came to the attention of city officials. Neighbors and adults at school who noticed her bruises never reported their suspicions. During Steinberg's trial, child-abuse hot lines recorded a flood of calls in the New York City area, where two or three children are beaten to death every week. After the verdict, bills were introduced in the New York state legislature to toughen penalties for child abuse...