Word: massport
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...arrested at gunpoint Friday morning at Logan International Airport after police mistook the device for an explosive. The student, Star A. Simpson, was charged with disorderly conduct and possession of a hoax device, according to Assistant Suffolk District Attorney Wayne Margolis. Simpson first raised suspicions when she approached a MassPort employee working in Terminal C to ask about the status of an arriving flight. After briefly meandering through the terminal, Simpson exited and was confronted by Massachusetts State Police troopers wielding submachine guns, State Police Major Scott Pare said in a press conference Friday morning. “She followed...
...challenge of setting a pace for planning that allows all voices to be heard without getting bogged down in discussions.“He brings a lot of momentum to the office,” says Kathy Spiegelman, Harvard’s Chief Allston Planner, of her boss.BUILDING FROM MASSPORT At his previous post at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Gordon overcame challenges to the $4.4 billion renovation of Logan Airport posed by lawsuits filed by neighbors and contractors.Gordon says that like his group at Harvard, his team at Massport focused on finances, not community relations, but acknowledges that his experience...
...vibrant political environment a short T ride away from University Hall. But when break rolls around, how do students get home? Most take the T to Logan and fly home. Even this simple, everyday act involves two major state-level organizations: the Mass. Bay Transport Authority (MBTA) and MassPort. Therefore, who runs these departments and how their programs are executed makes a huge difference in students’ lives...
...example, MassPort is currently deciding whether to approve another runway for Logan, which would allow more traffic to go through it, thereby giving Harvard students all more convenient flights, but would also increase noise and pollution in the neighborhoods of Boston. The Mass. governor appoints the board members of MassPort; for our concerns and interests as students in Mass. to be taken into account in decisions like the runway expansion, students need to participate in state politics...
...hide the fact that she's the fourth wife of her husband, Chuck Hunt. She got embroiled in a nasty fight with two Turnpike Authority board members she tried to fire for voting against a toll increase. She was tainted by a patronage scandal at her former employer, Massport and was put on the spot for lax oversight when two of the Sept. 11 terrorists sailed through Logan Airport security. And when the economy went south last year it took the state budget with it, leaving her with a huge shortfall...