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...greater Boston area chain Newbury Comics, Record Store Day was celebrated nationwide with in-store appearances from independent music artists as well as special vinyl-only releases from artists like R.E.M., Death Cab For Cutie, Built To Spill, and Stephen Malkmus. It was a day of tribute to the local establishments that have become symbolic in the American underground’s lexicon for their defiance of the cultural status quo. For stores like Newbury Comics, where independence has come first for so long, this collaboration is an ominous indication of their endangered state.Viglione waxed nostalgic about his musical awakening...
...ready to leave when I took off for school.” But the success of 826 Valencia had led the organization to plan a half-dozen new writing centers across the United States, and Feeney saw an opportunity to stay involved in the program by opening up a local chapter. After talking to Eggers, Feeney spent almost a year drafting the local chapter application. He received approval from 826 National, and 826 Boston was born. In spring of last year, 826 Boston began holding workshops at English High School, expanding to a new location in Egleston Square...
...must be weighed, but when the environmental effects are profound and many of the others are petty, changes must take place. To bring this balance to the furthest end of the spectrum, we have an obligation to make a move that is both beneficial for the environement and for local communities. The Cape Wind project would be that sort of win-win situation.The Cape Wind project has proposed to build 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound, the body of water south of the mainland of Cape Cod, bordered by Martha’s Vineyard to the west and Nantucket...
...second high-profile fatal police shooting in the last decade. In 1999, four Bronx policemen were acquitted in the death of Amadou Diallo, an Guinean immigrant who was also unarmed when cops opened fire on him. Since then, civil rights activists concerned about a compromised relationship between the local district attorney's office and the police department have called for special prosecutors to be used instead to handle such sensitive cases of police misconduct...
...solution is independent prosecutors; the only way you will get a sense of disinterest in the criminal justice system is to have state prosecutors," said Michael Meyers, executive director of the New York Civil Rights Coalition. "I have not seen yet an effective local prosecution where a person has died as a result of a questionable police shooting." In fact, the only time in New York City when a police officer was actually convicted in the shooting death of an innocent civilian was in the 2003 death of Ousmane Zongo, an immigrant who was unarmed when police shot...