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Across the street from Packard-Manse stands what used to be Roxbury High School. It was closed in June, so it hasn't been vandalized. Yet. Most students who used to go there take a bus every morning to a chilly reception at Charlestown High. The dropout rate for Roxbury youth was high when a local school was convenient; it will almost surely go up now. With luck, the dropouts may find unskilled work. Rallies, meetings and court-proceedings against the government did not change the budgetary facts. A number of schools were closed, and nearly one out of every...
Proponents argue that much of the city has been disenfranchised over the last 30 years--that only districts with high voter turnout (white Irish and Italian precincts) are represented. Minority communities, like Roxbury and Mattapan, and isolated communities such as Charlestown, Allston-Brighton, and Roslindale have been excluded under the present system, they contend. But critics of the proposal, generally from South Boston, Dorchester, Hyde Park and West Roxbury, have argued that they should not be punished for civic-minded voting habits...
Finally, with only nine districts, two important disenfranchised neighborhoods, Charlestown and Roslindale, are likely to remain so. In 1977, both voted heavily against change. If they go the same way this time, district representation may not pass...
...passed your suggestion along to coach Frank McLaughlin and he said he will let you know. He is sifting through offers from a church in Brookline, a playground in Jamaica Plain and an alleyway in Charlestown, but he has your address and he will be around to inspect the site...
...bidding war began in Massachusetts, for example, when the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank pledged an 18% annual interest. Of course, that return would be paid for just one month, so customers were actually getting a yield of only 1½% on their money for that period. Charlestown Savings Bank followed with an offer of 18½%. Then the Home Savings Bank...