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January 9, 2019 By JASON PRAMAS

A WINDOW INTO THE STATE HOUSE

Rep. Mike Connolly’s blog offers a critical look behind the curtain of Mass politics

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Blog, Column, corporation, Councilor Denise Simmons, democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, general court, Gov Charlie Baker, housing, Jason Pramas, legislature, Maria Robinson, massachusetts state house, news, oligarchy, policy, politics, Real Estate, Rep., Rep. Mike Connolly, Republican Party, Republicans, Rules, Socialism, zoning

November 28, 2018 By DAN ATKINSON

FAIR HOUSING?

For developers in Boston, it may pay off to blow off inclusionary building requirements

Filed Under: Features, Housing Tagged With: 135 Athens Street, 160 West Broadway, Boston, Boston housing, Boston Planning and Development Agency, BPDA, BRA, development, fines, gentrification, housing, inclusionary development, market rate, property, zoning

March 28, 2018 By ROB KATZ

UNWILLING CONVERTS

Somerville’s largest condo grab in history yields relative tenant win in tense market Greg Santos moved into Somerville’s Millbrook Lofts apartment complex with his girlfriend in August 2017, looking forward to using its dedicated art space. Married couple Luciano Betoldi and Maria d’Orey, both from Portugal, immigrated to the US in January and started renting […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: building, condos, Curtatone, development, displacement, gentrification, housing, organizing, Somerville, tenants, zoning

February 6, 2018 By JASON PRAMAS

“WON’T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!”

  Moral panic hamstrings promising North Andover cannabis farm deal   February 6, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS     Last fall, I wrote about the history of Osgood Landing—a large industrial facility in North Andover—as part of a column (“An Andover North Andover Deal?”) slamming a hasty bid to win the Amazon HQ2 contract […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: agriculture, Alcatel, Apparent Horizon, ban, cannabis, Column, democracy, economy, fail, Farm, grow, indoor, Industry, Jason Pramas, Lucent, Marijuana, Merrimack Valley, moral, news, North Andover, Osgood Landing, panic, politics, pot, prohibition, reactionary, retrograde, town meeting, weed, Western Electric, zoning

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