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...allow taller and denser building to exist in an area of East Cambridge previously shielded from that sort of development by its residential designation. The zoning change applies specifically to ARE and will not authorize dense construction by any other firm. Dozens of residents filled the seats in City Hall and others stood in the aisles, waiting their turn to discuss the controversial measure. Some residents attended the meeting as representatives of local unions and said that they hoped the rezoning measure would provide construction jobs that are otherwise lacking in a slow economy. “This...
...campaign was further delayed when University President Drew G. Faust entered Mass. Hall with several school leadership positions vacant, complicating an immediate start to campaign planning, which requires top administrators to provide input on long-term strategic initiatives both at their schools and across the University...
...There was a huge need, coupled with a lack of understanding, coupled with a huge amount of expertise available in Boston,” he said. “These factors provided ripe conditions for a conference here at Harvard.” The conference began in Boylston Hall on Saturday afternoon and continued throughout the weekend. Between 40 and 50 students from the four schools were in attendance, organizers said. “I think the most inspiring thing is seeing how much participation there is from other schools,” said Bowman. “When you?...
...numbers announced by Superintendent Carol Johnson last week are staggering. A full 900 positions will be eliminated, including 403 in teaching. This translates to a six-percent reduction in the city’s teaching staff and a corresponding increase in class sizes, just as City Hall was turning its focus to boosting school performance. The city cannot look to the state for help, as Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 has promised to hold education spending constant, but not to increase it for struggling districts...
...When he did return five minutes later, reporters hardly let him step over the threshold into the hall, thrusting dozens of digital recorders in his face, shuffling together as sentries made a path for other, less in-demand Senators to come and go. The stocky Nebraskan took it all in with a garden-gnome grin, patiently deflecting questions with an easy charm...