Word: rte
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...city is still asleep, but not for long. Dawn slowly works its way over the horizon, lighting up a two-car wreck in Rte...
...march. The NLF troops,--"we are fighting in solidarity with oppressed Third World peoples," one explains--best-organized of all the protesters, take the lead, chanting "Cut the Fence and Go Right In, NLF is Gonna Win" as they walk past the Dunkin' Donuts on the corner of Rte 1 and Railroad Ave. Their leader tries to shout orders back down the line--"When we start to fight, one honk and a green flag means hit the fence, two honks and a red flag means retreat," he explains. "Pass it back." They head for the west side of the plant...
Back at the plant's main gate, on Rte 1 next to the Hawaiian Garden Motel, other demonstrators attempt a "blockade." For the most part, these are the people who think fence-cutting is too militant. From nearby woods they have gathered limbs and rusting metal appliances, which they pile neatly in front of the gate, offerings to the god of civil disobedience. True to their part of the script, police come out from behind the gate, from a cordon, and let bulldozers push debris inside the fence, where dumptrucks haul it away. Across the street, Seabrook police--small town...
...Sunday, there is less organization. Scattered through the woods, small bands of demonstrators continue their assault on the fence, never getting near the reactor. The real action is on Rte 1, Seabrook's main artery, where large crowds of protesters attempt to block traffic. Some are skeptical of the effort--"These are residents that we're holding up, and it's not going to help us any to get them mad," one young woman opines. "They're not locals--they're probably just fucking summer people," another protester responds. Small bands block traffic for about an hour until police decide...
...catch tax cut fever, the antidote would most likely be Proposition 2 1/2, a bill backed by the Associated Industries of Massachusetts and Citizens for Limited Taxation, which would roll back property tax levels to 2 1/2 per cent of assessed valuations. That wouldn't hurt some towns--outside Rte. 128, past Revere and Quincy, to Boston's silk-stocking suburbs, or down on the Cape--these tracts already enjoy a trim 2 1/2 per cent rate. For Cambridge, though, with property taxes currently at about 5 per cent of its value, things would be a bit tougher. Under...