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...with Soldiers Field Road, the four-lane, limited-access parkway that snakes between the Charles River and the Business School. If Allston is to become a central part of Harvard’s campus instead of a mere satellite locale, University planners should, with the support of city and Commonwealth officials, accelerate existing plans to place this massively obstructive presence underground. The depression of Soldiers Field Road, far-fetched as it sounds, has already been discussed by the University’s Allston planners, and in favorable terms. In a June, 2005 report, University planners identified the reduction...
...Massachusetts’ electorate cast a collective vote for dynamism and change. In electing Deval L. Patrick ’78 governor of the Commonwealth, the people of Massachusetts affirmed that there is a place for optimism and positive thinking in the politics of this state. We couldn’t be happier with the choice they have made...
Patrick will also take advantage of the wealth of educated and driven people in Massachusetts to transform the Commonwealth into a center for economic growth in promising markets. Massachusetts is home to some of the best institutions of higher education in the country, but many of the most talented and promising students leave after graduation. Patrick is committed to curbing this trend. He has innovative ideas and common sense solutions for making Massachusetts a world leader in technological innovation and socially constructive business, especially in biomedicine, biotechnology, and renewable energy. Examples of his ideas include building a biofuel factory...
...third-fastest rate of housing price growth between 1980 and 2004—behind only Long Island, N.Y., and Boston-Quincy.City officials said that Cambridge is addressing the problem. “When it comes to affordable housing, I do believe we do more than any city in the commonwealth,” Councillor Anthony D. Galluccio said in an interview yesterday. But when the city offers affordable housing, it draws new residents from nearby localities—and the housing crunch persists. “We’re not joined by many other communities in making affordable housing...
...received a summons to serve on a Massachusetts jury this past summer, he found the proposition “a little ridiculous.”Since Massachusetts juries are chosen from a list of people who are 17 years or older and living in the commonwealth, even students whose permanent residence is in another state may be required to serve, according to the website for the Massachusetts Office of Jury Commissioner.Winston said he was asked to report at 8 a.m. to the courthouse in Ayer, Mass.—which is more than 30 miles from Harvard Yard...