Word: localism
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Over one hundred hungry students and some well-aged individuals showed up to devour several different samples of local artisanal cheese at the Cheese Tasting Expo in Ticknor Lounge today...
...overcharged for a car-parking fine, Ashok Jain of Chennai, immediately shamed the attending policemen into charging him the correct fee by handing them a zero rupee note, and an old lady who had been fighting for a land title for years gave the note to a local official and finally received the document after over a year of delays...
More subtly, Identities makes the Asian-American experience an undercurrent to multiple segments of the show. The clothes are from a broad spectrum of sources: student designers, local thrift stores, Harvard Square and Boston boutiques, and national brands that are not necessarily connected to the minority community...
Publicity for the event kicks off with the parade in Cambridge on Sunday, May 2. According to Henry, the parade functions to both increase awareness and to engage the community actively. Local artists and art organizations have been invited to take part in this event, but everyone in the community is encouraged to participate. “If anyone wants to join this, we’re happy to have them,” Henry says...
Captain Robert Bongiorno of the Arlington police department said on Saturday that his office has reached out to law enforcement agencies across New England at the local, state, and federal level and that he was confident the prize would be recovered...