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@kbin.socialhttps://www.politico.com/newsletters/massachusetts-playbook/2023/07/10/connolly-leaving-dsa-00105369?nname=massachusetts-playbook&nid=0000014f-704c-d54c-a1ff-fb6da68f0000&nrid=00000159-a874-d471-a3ff-fdfe32790000&nlid=630384
https://www.greenopensomerville.org/invasive
https://www.universalhub.com/2023/state-delays-shutdown-green-line-extension-section
MassDOT announced today it's holding off shutting down the Union Square branch of the Green Line Extension until at least September after realizing that starting a six-week shutdown right after it shut the Sumner Tunnel without consulting with local officials about possible workarounds was kind of stupid. Read more.
https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/07/05/boston-democratic-socialists-move-to-expel-progressive-state-lawmaker
A group of DSA members says Cambridge State Rep. Mike Connolly has fallen out of step with the core principles of their organization, and has filed a motion to expel him.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/medford-attack-woman-assaulted-walking-police/
Police are searching for the person who attacked a woman while she was taking a walk in Medford Sunday night.