Word: commonwealthers
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...next vice president of the United States, recently called paying taxes “patriotic.” Next Tuesday, Massachusetts voters will go to the polls to decide his fate—and the fate of patriotism itself. Ballot Question 1 asks Bay Staters simply: Should the commonwealth eliminate its income...
...although some city officials have reservations about BC’s expansions plans, the city seems to have backed off its earlier insistence that the college build its new dorms on its current Chestnut Hill campus, on the west side of Commonwealth...
...move, which would use land the university purchased from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, would mark a historic departure for BC, which has always confined itself to the west of Commonwealth...
...Autler said that the city does not expect to approve a 350-bed dorm on the east side of Commonwealth Ave. until further study. He added that approval of the master plan does not constitute a blanket authorization for every project that the BC has proposed, and that each building will have to undergo a separate review process before ground can be broken...
...question, while 37 percent are opposed. If the question passes, the ban on dog racing would go into effect in 2010. Greyhound racing has been a legalized industry in Massachusetts for over 70 years, but its popularity has declined substantially in recent decades. Only two tracks in the Commonwealth continue to feature greyhound racing—Wonderland Park in Revere, Mass. and Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park in Bristol County, which borders Rhode Island. Supporters of the bill said that there were over 800 injuries of greyhounds at the two parks since 2006, including broken legs, paralysis, and even cardiac arrest...