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BRA zoning move gets an airing
A tweak would spare a controversial house

Boston Globe 4/24/2005

Back from Israel, mayor firm against divestment
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone returned from the weeklong Jerusalem Conference of Mayors last Sunday with 14 rolls of film and a feeling of resolve.

Boston Globe 4/24/2005

Bermuda adventures include seaside sunrises and barside solitude
Depending on which side of the peninsula your cabana is on, you can either watch the sun rise or set over the ocean from the comfort of your bed. Each night we were treated to the warm ocean breeze and the sound of the gentle lapping waves of the incoming tide. It felt like being at sea in our own little houseboat.

Boston Globe 8/14/2005

Easing the way for immigrant workers
Wellington Lousada speaks three languages and is learning sign language. His co-worker Diego Condori studied electrical engineering at Universidad Tecnica de Oruro. Both perform janitorial services...

Boston Globe 11/28/2004

This old house is fine, thanks
But at 80 years old, Tomasini's ego seems unfazed. He says he does all the work around the house himself. His shoulders broaden with pride as he rattles off a string of recent renovation projects, which include jacking up the house, putting in new bay windows and most recently mortaring the chimneys.

Boston Globe 11/14/2004

Preservationists show Victorian attitude to demolition
With buildable space virtually gone, developers are increasingly eyeing some of the area's older structures as opportunities for demolition and new construction, according to neighborhood activists. In many instances, this means knocking down centuries-old structures and replacing them with units that some residents say are ruining the community.

Boston Globe 11/7/2004

At closing church, a sense that first they looked at the purse
Parishioners of the Infant Jesus-St. Lawrence church in Chestnut Hill have begun a sit-in to stand up for what they believe is an unfair and financially motivated closing of their church by the Archdiocese of Boston.

Boston Globe 11/7/2004

Where's the party? Politically, it's going independent
John Kerry may have an automatic win in Massachusetts, but a look at voter registration trends over a 20-year period shows a marked drop in the share of voters registered as Democrats in Boston and Somerville. A big upswing in ''unenrolled," or independent voters, has taken their place.

Boston Globe 10/24/2004

Chasing the 'unbanked'
Urged to open accounts, many opt for fast cash

Boston Globe 9/5/2004

Assembly Square plan clears a legal hurdle
Court says city can take disputed land

Boston Globe 8/29/2004

Crime: making sense of the senseless
A police captain offers big picture

Boston Globe 8/8/2004

Ballpark closed to tours during convention
Fenway Park is closing its doors to tours for the four days during the Democratic National Convention, which takes place at the end of next month. Officials insist it has nothing to do with security concerns.

Boston Globe 6/27/2004

Lights out in Dot, to some groaning
NStar says work needed to keep up

Boston Globe 6/20/2004

At Davis, square deal runs $25m
A recent $25.25 million real estate sale in Davis Square is a sign of a growing demand for commercial property in Somerville, say local realtors.

Boston Globe 5/16/2004

Parishioners back accused pastor
Parishioners of St. Benedict Church in Somerville are rallying to defend the Rev. John E. McLaughlin, who last week agreed to accept a voluntary administrative leave pending the investigation of an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor in the 1980s.

Boston Globe 5/23/2004

Redcoats are coming, and they're very young
City Year members and alumni gather

Boston Globe 5/30/2004

Bowler seeks new ideas to drive auto competition
The Massachusetts auto insurance market is a failed market...At least it is according to Mass. Insurance Commissioner Julianne M. Bowler, who said as much at a meeting earlier this month.

InsuranceTimes 5/13/2003

Determining actual cash value is a grind
See what happens when an Interstate Coffee employee gets his hand caught in a coffee grinder...

InsuranceTimes 9/23/2003

Three artists of Auschwitz recall the years of horror
Józef Szajna drew pictures of his friends because it was the only way they could see what they looked like.

Wellesley Townsman 2/6/2003

Oceanarium organization seeks to widen source of support, funds
Funding an aquarium that’s the size of a football field and holds 1.3 million gallons of water doesn’t come cheap. The organizers of the New Bedford Oceanarium are finding that out. The project’s newly appointed Chief Operating Officer Robert Ciolek is grateful for the $20 million raised already for the project, but he doesn’t think the organization has been doing a good job of raising money so far.

Providence Business News 1/21/2002

Kaplan portrays a world apart in film about aphasia
Jerry Kaplan has dedicated over 25 years to teaching adults with speech impediments and neurological impairments how to speak. Now with a new movie called "After Words," which he made with Director Vincent Straggas, he hopes to teach the world about these patients and their difficulties.

Somerville Journal 3/20/2003

See Somerville 'Through Our Eyes'
Every picture tells a story, and in the "Through Our Eyes" exhibit each of those stories is written by a person whose first language is not English.

Somerville Journal 5/15/2003

Airport Corp., city council in struggle for control
The Rhode Island Airport Corporation is so certain that a proposal for a runway extension would not fly with the city of Warwick that it is sponsoring legislation to ground the city's vetoing power.

Providence Business News 4/15/2002

Temple B'nai Brith renewed as it turns 100
When Phil Weiss walked into the quiet uncrowded temple on Central Street in the late 1970s, he couldn’t have known how important a role he would play in bringing about one of the most successful transformations in the history of Temple B’nai Brith, which is marking its hundredth anniversary this year.

Somerville Journal 9/11/2003

Changing claims
Claims is a core property/casualty insurance function, yet until very recently it has been behind in technological advancements.

InsuranceTimes 10/28/2003


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