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Widely considered the frontrunner ever since the committee interviewed three finalists two weeks ago, Fowler-Finn drove a tough bargain in negotiations with Cambridge Mayor Michael A. Sullivan, who spoke to him on the telephone last night from a classroom in Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS...
...time the announcement was made around midnight, only a handful of people remained to hear the verdict. But the mayor, who also chairs the school committee, said the ultimate decision conformed to the views of many Cambridge residents who had provided input into the selection...
...Turnpike’s decision last month to accept Harvard’s $75-million bid for the land sparked a flurry of angry letters from state and local officials—including Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and state transportation secretary Daniel Grabauskas—who worried that if the Turnpike sold the land to a private organization the city would lose the land’s railyard, a crucial transportation link...
...Mayor Michael A. Sullivan asked each of the finalists a series of seven questions that pointedly addressed the key issues facing the system, specifically grilling each candidate how he or she would address the “achievement gap” and make unpopular decisions...
...sale’s opponents—including Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Mass. Governor W. Mitt Romney—have consistently said they fear that Harvard’s ownership of the 91 acres could jeopardize the sprawling railyard situated on the land, which, they say, provides crucial rail access close to Boston’s port and is essential to the region’s economy...