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Three unions contributed to Thompson's campaign: the National Association of Government Employees, the Alliance of MBTA Unions, and the Cambridge Teachers Federal Union. Individual contributors before the primary included School Committee member Donald A. Fantini, and former School Committee member David J. Holway...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Thompson Reports Expenses | 11/3/1988 | See Source »

...state of Massachusetts and the federal government spent more than $11 million to completely renovate the underground subway station. In addition to providing subway riders with expanded train platforms, the MBTA also improved surface transit by restructuring the bus stop area along Western Avernue. Bus riders now enjoy benches and weather protection in Central Square...

Author: By Arnold M. Zipper, | Title: Old Square Goes Yupscale | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

...LoPresti's a great guy," Warwick said. The MBTA bus driver said he thought Winthrop residents were especially loyal to the incumbent state senator because he fought a plan to construct a sewage plant in Winthrop...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: LoPresti Defeats Travaglini | 9/16/1988 | See Source »

...same family that opened the business in the 1930s after the repeal of Prohibition still owns it. Over the years Varsity Liquor has become part of the fabric of the community. It weathered wars, riots and even the years of construction on the new Harvard Square MBTA station. But the family business could not withstand the powerful forces affecting Harvard Square today. The owner of the building is evicting Varsity Liquor on June 1 because an unnamed party offered to pay three times the current rent...

Author: By Gawain Kripke, | Title: We Need a Square Deal | 5/27/1988 | See Source »

Alcorn attibuted much of the Square's success to the market provided by Harvard University. "Harvard Square has a captive audience," said Alcorn. "This includes not only the student population but also the large staff and faculty." She also cited the expansion of the MBTA Red Line and the resulting tourist market as a major cause of the Square's economic boom...

Author: By Shawna H. Yen, | Title: Upwardly Mobile Rents Are Changing Square's Shops | 3/22/1988 | See Source »

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