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Nothing works in America anymore. Author Marc Dunkelman tells Contrarian Boston why | As scores plunge and third graders struggle to read, literacy bill gains traction on Beacon Hill | Election news |
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#mapoli
#bospoli
#localnews
@universalhub.com
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Nothing works in America anymore. Author Marc Dunkelman tells Contrarian Boston why | As scores plunge and third graders struggle to read, literacy bill gains traction on Beacon Hill | Election news |
Contrarian Boston depends upon your support - we canât do it without you.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/nothing-works-in-america-anymore?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
2 days ago
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Yes, good question - we did it Friday.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Poll Tracker đ
4 days ago
Without Ed Markey: Seth Moulton 29% Ayanna Pressley 24% Michelle Wu 19% Joesph P. Kennedy 11% Jack Auchincloss 6% Alex Rikleen 6% Not sure 5%
add a skeleton here at some point
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Dan Kennedy
3 days ago
Here's a treat for you:
@scottvv.bsky.social
has posted a video interview with Emily Rooney of "Beat the Press" fame about the Skydance takeover of Paramount. Topics include Bari Weiss' takeover of CBS News and CBS affiliate WBZ-TV's layoff of Jon Keller.
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What in the world is happening with CBS News and Bari Weiss? Emily Rooney sits down with Contrarian Boston to dig into the biggest media story of the year.
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https://scottvanvoorhis.substack.com/p/what-in-the-world-is-happening-with
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New in Contrarian Boston: What in the world is happening with CBS News and Bari Weiss? Emily Rooney sits down with Contrarian Boston to dig into the biggest media story of the year.
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#localnews
#CBSNews
@thefreepress.bsky.social
#bospoli
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What in the world is happening with CBS News and Bari Weiss? Emily Rooney sits down with Contrarian Boston to dig into the biggest media story of the year.
Contrarian Boston depends upon your support - we canât do it without you.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/what-in-the-world-is-happening-with?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4 days ago
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New in Contrarian Boston: Top state safety chief toothless tiger when it comes to the calamity-prone MBTA | Another story you saw first in Contrarian Boston | Quick hits |
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@emilyrooney.bsky.social
#LocalNews
@universalhub.com
#mapoli
#bospoli
#Boston
#MBTA
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Boston Globe can't stop gushing over Wu | Top state safety chief toothless tiger when it comes to the calamity-prone MBTA | Another story you saw first in Contrarian Boston | Quick hits |
Contrarian Boston depends upon your support - we canât do it without you.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/boston-globe-cant-stop-gushing-over?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 days ago
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Ruth Zakarin
9 days ago
âOne in six Massachusetts residents, or about 667,000 households, receive SNAP benefits â including children, the elderly, and residents with disabilities.â -
@bostonglobe.com
Can you imagine what the coming weeks will be like for the communities where 1/3 or more of its residents are on SNAP?
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Jonathan Slater
10 days ago
Itâs just Tulip now .. and she always wanted to rule the roost. Ever since a kitten
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New in Contrarian Boston: State House bosses face staff revolt | Board of conservative bigwigs pulls plug on right-wing Harvard student magazine | Top Democrats in hiding during Biden's Boston visit |
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#LocalNewsMatters
#LocalNews
#Harvard
#Biden
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State House bosses face staff revolt | Board of conservative bigwigs pulls plug on right-wing Harvard student magazine | Top Democrats in hiding during Biden's Boston visit | Quick hits|
Contrarian Boston depends upon your support - we canât do it without you.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/state-house-bosses-face-staff-revolt?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 days ago
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New in Contrarian Boston: North Shore sheriff blows thousands of dollars in public money at upscale restaurants from Danvers to Florida | Quick Hits |
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#mapoli
#Massachusetts
#bospoli
#boston
@universalhub.com
#LocalNews
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North Shore sheriff blows thousands of dollars in public money at upscale restaurants from Danvers to Florida | Quick Hits |
Contrarian Boston depends upon your support - we canât do it without you.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/north-shore-sheriff-blows-thousands?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 days ago
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Some Free Press subscribers dismayed as Bari Weiss sells to Paramount | Unbelievable housing production stats | Wu to headline No Kings! protest | Happy 30th Boston Guardian |
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#localnews
#NoKings
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Free Press subscribers dismayed as Bari Weiss sells to Paramount | Unbelievable housing production stats | Mass. schools fail students | Wu to headline No Kings! protest | Happy 30th Boston Guardian |
Contrarian Boston depends upon your support - we canât do it without you.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/free-press-subscribers-dismayed-as?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 month ago
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Hedwig
about 1 month ago
Fuck social media read books
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New in Contrarian Boston: Indicted Suffolk County sheriff burned through tens of thousands in taxpayer cash on everything from pricey restaurants to bras
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#MApoli
#massachusetts
#bospoli
#Boston
#bostoncity
#SteveTompkins
#SuffolkSheriff
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Breaking News: Indicted Suffolk County sheriff burned through tens of thousands in taxpayer cash on everything from pricey restaurants to bras
Power independent journalism and reporting.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/breaking-news-indicted-suffolk-county?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 month ago
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New in Contrarian Boston: Emily Rooney on 9/11 | The problem with media people urging Kraft to quit | Mindboggling T still not collecting all fares | School reading crisis | Cannabis greed backfires on towns |
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#Localnews
#mapoli
#bospoli
@universalhub.com
#cannabis
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Emily Rooney on 9/11 | The problem with media people urging Kraft to quit | Mindboggling T still not collecting all fares | Lawmakers eye school reading crisis | Cannabis greed backfires for towns |
Power independent journalism and reporting.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/emily-rooney-on-911-the-problem-with?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 2 months ago
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New in Contrarian Boston/by Maggie Mulvihill: Nation's highest court to review appeal from thousands of victims of Bay State's drug lab scandal
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#mapoli
#bospoli
#druglab
#supremecourt
#localnews
#localreporting
@dankennedy.net
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Special Report: Nation's highest court to review appeal from thousands of victims of Bay State's drug lab scandal
Power independent journalism and reporting.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/special-report-nations-highest-court?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
2 months ago
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New in Contrarian Boston: In Ukraine peace proposals, echoes of the 1930s | For lead investor in embattled Boston soccer stadium plan, a Celtics sale bonanza | Raytheon to expand Andover defense factory
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#mapoli
#bospoli
#localnews
@universalhub.com
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In Ukraine peace proposals, echoes of the 1930s | For lead investor in embattled Boston soccer stadium plan, a Celtics sale bonanza | Raytheon to expand Andover defense factory | Quick hits |
Power independent journalism and reporting.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/in-ukraine-peace-proposals-echoes?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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New in Contrarian Boston: Become a News Defender | Celebrity pitchman for sham life insurance gets statue in Trump's heroes garden | Billions failed to boost student scores | Battle rages over Newton's Italian Street |
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@universalhub.com
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Become a News Defender | Celebrity pitchman for sham life insurance to get statue in Trump's heroes garden | Billions failed to boost student scores | Battle rages on to save Newton's Italian Street |
Power independent journalism and reporting.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/become-a-news-defender-celebrity?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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Embattled sheriff netted tens of thousands in campaign contributions from staffers | Emily Rooney on some strange mayoral race ads | Tentative winner in battle for pivotal Mass. Lottery contract |
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#mapoli
#massachusetts
#bospoli
#boston
#localnews
@universalhub.com
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Embattled sheriff netted tens of thousands in campaign contributions from staffers | Emily Rooney on some strange mayoral race ads | Tentative winner in battle for pivotal Mass. Lottery contract |
Power independent journalism and reporting.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/embattled-sheriff-netted-tens-of?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
3 months ago
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New in Contrarian Boston: T sure knows how to spend money | Emily Rooney on Copley Square's costly and mystifying redesign | Check out Contrarian Boston's energy crisis forum | Quick hits |
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#mapoli
#massachusetts
#bospoli
#boston
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T sure knows how to spend money | Emily Rooney on Copley Square's costly and mystifying redesign | Check out Contrarian Boston's energy crisis forum | Quick hits |
Power independent journalism and reporting.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/t-sure-knows-how-to-spend-money-emily?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4 months ago
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Will mainstream media swallow up The Free Press? | Emily Rooney on the Copley Square redesign muddle | Fenway tower flop bad news for Wu | Boston rental market gets tougher |
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@universalhub.com
#mapoli
#massachusetts
#bospoli
#boston
#localnewsm#localjournalism
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Will mainstream media swallow up The Free Press? | Emily Rooney on the Copley Square redesign muddle | Fenway tower flop bad news for Wu | Boston rental market gets even tougher |
Power independent journalism and reporting.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/will-mainstream-media-swallow-up?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4 months ago
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Mara Dolan
4 months ago
1,400 indigent defendants in Massachusetts without lawyers, numbers growing daily as public defender bar advocates refuse new cases over low pay.
#mapoli
#publicdefender
www.masslive.com/news/2025/06...
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Mass. lawyer work stoppage leaves nearly 1,400 defendants without counsel
Of the more than 1,300 people who have gone to court in Massachusetts and weren't given a lawyer, 32 of them have been held in jail past the legal limit.
https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/06/mass-lawyer-work-stoppage-leaves-nearly-1400-defendants-without-counsel.html
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New in Contrarian Boston: Emily Rooney on Boston's bizarre bike lanes | No Kings demonstrates political savvy | Mass. teachers union and its bulging war chest
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@universalhub.com
#localnews
#mapoli
#massachusetts
#bospoli
#boston
#bikelanes
@dankennedy.net
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Emily Rooney on Boston's bizarre bike lanes | No Kings demonstrates political savvy | Mass. teachers union and its bulging political war chest | Wu administration's growing tax scandal |
Contrarian Boston depends upon your support - we canât do it without you.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/emily-rooney-on-bostons-bizarre-bike?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4 months ago
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Boston Policy Institute
5 months ago
The agenda for 6/25
@bostoncitycouncil.bsky.social
mtg is out &
@edflynnforboston.bsky.social
Docket #1286 jumps out, citing
@bosbizjournal.bsky.social
,
@scottvv.bsky.social
, &
@bostonherald.bsky.social
articles to ask for info abt charges City Hall is "illegally raising building values."
#bospoli
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Dan Kennedy
4 months ago
My friend Emily Rooney has written an essay for
@scottvv.bsky.social
's newsletter, Contrarian Boston, on bike lanes in the city. If you were expecting an anti-bike screed, you'll be surprised. Who could disagree with this?
scottvanvoorhis.substack.com/p/emily-roon...
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Contrarian Boston Exclusive: Chinese rail giant building T's new Orange and Red Line cars warns of production shutdown as parts held up at the U.S. border
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@universalhub.com
#MBTA
#Trump
#China
#LocalNews
#Construction
#development
#border
#traincars
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Breaking News | Chinese rail giant building T's new Orange and Red Line cars warns of production shutdown as parts held up at the U.S. border
Contrarian Boston depends upon your support - we canât do it without you.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/breaking-news-chinese-rail-giant?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4 months ago
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New in Contrarian Boston: Boston's NIMBY Rich | Second time around, bombshell stories on Trumpian antics have gone missing |
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@universalhub.com
#mapoli
#massachusetts
#bospoli
#boston
#localnews
#massachusetts
#NIMBY
#towers
#downtownboston
#media
#localjournalism
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Boston's NIMBY Rich | Second time around, bombshell stories on Trumpian antics have gone missing | Join Contrarian Boston on Thursday as we delve into the Bay State's energy crisis |
Contrarian Boston depends upon your support - we canât do it without you.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/bostons-nimby-rich-second-time-around?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
5 months ago
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New in Contrarian Boston: In explosive book on Biden health coverup, two Mass pols do the right thing | Wu's number games on stadium mega project |
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@localnewsmatters.bsky.social
#localnews
@universalhub.com
#Biden
#Healey
#Moulton
#mapoli
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In explosive book on Biden health coverup, two Mass pols do the right thing | Wu's number games on stadium mega project |
Healey, Moulton get prominent mentions in new political blockbuster, âOriginal Sinâ | Join Contrarian Boston on June 26 as we delve into the future of offshore wind and the Bay Stateâs energy crisis |...
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/in-explosive-book-on-biden-health?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
5 months ago
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New in Contrarian Boston: Shooting the messenger at Boston City Hall | NPR's "On the Media" anything but that |
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@universalhub.com
#mapoli
#massachusetts
#bospoli
#Boston
#localnews
#NPR
#taxappeals
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Shooting the messenger at Boston City Hall | NPR's "On the Media" anything but that |
NPRâs âOn the Mediaâ trapped in a progressive bubble | The wily Congressman Lynch | Crimson Courage | Grudge-fest at Boston City Hall | Mancuso: No accountability for billions Mass.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/shooting-the-messenger-at-boston?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
5 months ago
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Contrarian Boston Forum | Bay State energy crisis | June 26 at noon |
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Register here:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#mapoli
#massachusetts
#bospoli
#boston
#localnews
@universalhub.com
#energycrisis
#electricbills
#offshorewind
#nuclearpower
#solar
#naturalgas
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Contrarian Boston Forum | Bay State energy crisis | June 26 at noon |
Register here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/contrarian-boston-forum-bay-state?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
5 months ago
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Economic delusions and Boston's mayoral race | Gaza show you won't hear on NPR | Big win for ousted state pot chief |
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#localnews
@universalhub.com
#mapoli
#massachusetts
#bospoli
#boston
#housingcrisis
#JoshKraft
#MIchelleWu
#NPR
#Gaza
#cannabis
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Economic delusions and Boston's mayoral race | Gaza show you won't hear on NPR | Big win for ousted state pot chief |
Power independent journalism and reporting.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/economic-delusions-and-bostons-mayoral?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
5 months ago
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Andrew Quemere
5 months ago
"A federal jury on Thursday, May 29 found a former Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police sergeant from Rutland guilty of helping draft a false arrest report about another officer's assault on a man at a subway station in 2018."
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Former MBTA police sergeant from Rutland found guilty of filing false arrest report
Prosecutors say he tried to conceal assault by another officer.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-mbta-police-sergeant-rutland-194723043.html
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05.29.2025/Breaking News
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New in Contrarian Boston: The skyâs the limit: Boston could see new towers as high as 70 stories under new plan for cityâs beleaguered downtown
@universalhub.com
#mapoli
#bospoli
#boston
#massachusetts
#downtownboston
#housingcrisis
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05.29.2025/Breaking News
News tips?
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/05292025breaking-news?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
5 months ago
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New in Contrarian Boston:
@universalhub.com
#mapoli
#massachusetts
#bospoli
#boston
@gregmaynard.bsky.social
#massandcass
#localnews
#SouthEnd
#homesales
#homeprices
#GreaterBoston
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05.21.2025
Globe's intellectually dishonest piece on mayoral race mudslinging | Open air drug use, dealing explodes around Boston Medical Center | Spring real estate market in Greater Boston turns dismal as sale...
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/05212025?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
6 months ago
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05.19.2025
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New in Contrarian Boston: -Runaway bureaucracy? Lost in the heat of the Trump/Harvard battle has been an explosion in administrative costs at the Ivy League university
#mapoli
#bospoli
#localnews
@universalhub.com
#massachusetts
#harvard
#collegecosts
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05.19.2025
Harvard admin costs soar | Not so NIMBY Mass.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/05192025?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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05.12.2025
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New in Contrarian Boston: Costly obstruction: South End building owner hit with multimillion-dollar judgment for attempting to derail plans for rival condo project
@universalhub.com
#mapoli
#bospoli
#localnews
#Boston
#development
#NIMBY
#YIMBY
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05.12.2025
Mass.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/05122025?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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Boston Policy Institute
6 months ago
This wk's
@bankerandtradesman.bsky.social
has a
@scottvv.bsky.social
column following up
@bosbizjournal.bsky.social
's Feb 2025 article describing growing concern Boston faces a repeat "Tregor Decision," which found Kevin White's City Hall systematically overtaxed office landlords.
#mapoli
#bospoli
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Ed Lyons
6 months ago
Happy to see Marblehead rise up, overcome a lot of selfishness, racism, fear, lies, and confusion - and approve MBTA communities housing law. Thank you to the local pro-housing group for a year of work on a rich white community that has resisted change.
#mapoli
marbleheadcurrent.org/2025/05/06/t...
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TOWN MEETING: Marblehead says âyeaâ to 3A - Marblehead Current
Voters at Town Meeting approved Article 23 by a vote of 951 voting âyesâ to 759 voting ânoâ Tuesday night, adopting a multifamily zoning overlay district that brings the town into compliance with the ...
https://marbleheadcurrent.org/2025/05/06/town-meeting-marblehead-says-yea-to-3a/
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05.07.2025
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New in Contrarian Boston: -Stop the grandstanding: Frustrated Bay State teachers want their unionâs leadership to stop the bloviating on Gaza, other hot-button
[email protected]
#mapoli
#bospoli
#LocalNews
#teachers
#gaza
#massteachers
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05.07.2025
As the nation adds jobs, weâre shedding them | Museums, others, reaping a windfall from Wuâs free student admission program | Teachers want blowhard union bosses to stick a cork in it | State rental v...
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/05072025?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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Boston Policy Institute
7 months ago
Check out the latest from
@scottvv.bsky.social
in Contrarian Boston, which features an article abt how falling office values, not DC chaos, is driving the anemic growth in Bostonâs FY26 budget.
#bospoli
#mapoli
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04.14.2025
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New in Contrarian Boston:Bye-bye Starbucks, hello something new: Sisters who learned to bake during the pandemic bringing their act to Newton Centre
@universalhub.com
#mapoli
#massachusetts
#bospoli
#Boston
#KarenReadTrial
#KarenRead
#LocalNews
#Harvard
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04.14.2025
Chuck Toddâs oh-so-sketchy plan to save local news | How prosecutors bumbled the Karen Read case | Harvard faces loss of billions in Trump fight | As Bostonâs Kickback Councilor prepares to plead guil...
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/04142025?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
7 months ago
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04.09.2025
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New in Contrarian Boston: Labor pains: After cutting deals with striking teachers, local officials across Greater Boston are making school cuts to pay for them
#mapoli
#massachusetts
#boston
#bospoli
@universalhub.com
#localnews
#schools
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04.09.2025
Josh Kraft flooded with campaign contributions from execs angry over Wu | Stay at a White Lotus-style resort does not come cheap | Harvard bulking up its financial defenses amid Trump showdown | After...
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/04092025?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
7 months ago
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04.02.2025
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New in Contrarian Boston: Changing times: Wave of real estate speculation hits affluent Cambridge neighborhoods in wake of cityâs decision to ditch single-family zoning
#mapoli
#massachusetts
#bospoli
#boston
#Wu
#Trump
#greencards
@universalhub.com
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04.02.2025
Not so friendly Fenway for fans with cash | White Stadium opponents suffer tough loss in court | Lexington wants to give voting rights to green card holders | Developers target wealthy Cambridge neigh...
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottvanvoorhis/p/04022025?r=istpq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
7 months ago
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Ed Flynn æćŸ·èŻèČ»éŁ
8 months ago
I wrote to
@warren.senate.gov
&
@markey.senate.gov
to oppose dismantling the Institute of Museums and Library Services. Museums & libraries are spaces for learning and places where ideas are exchanged. An executive order threatens the role these institutions play in our city & nation.
#bospoli
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03.24.2025
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New in Contrarian Boston: NIMBY nonsense: After being held up for years, developer battling to build new homes in Concord wins big in court
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03.24.2025
Feds headline-grabbing brothel case fails to net any big fish | Concordâs years-long battle to stop new homes | Wu gearing up for official campaign launch | State lawmakers rush to save embattled voke...
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03.10.2025
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New in Contrarian Boston: Goodbye legacy? As he ramps up for a reelection campaign, one of Markeyâs top Green New Deal legislative victories crumbles as Trump lowers boom
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03.10.2025
Suffolk Downs developer eyes run for Boston mayor | Another day, another half-baked growth initiative at the Globe | Markeyâs dream of a national climate bank runs into Trump buzzsaw |
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8 months ago
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03.12.2025
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New in Contrarian Boston: Selective bravery: Lions in denouncing Trump, Mass AG and Guv no-shows in standing up to State House bosses
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03.12.2025
Astronomical spending and little to show for it at BPS | Bids due on huge Weston development site | Legal showdown looms in State House audit battle | NYTâs Klein: Blue state Dems need to take a hard ...
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8 months ago
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03.03.2025
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New in Contrarian Boston: A tale of two housing markets: Boston, other progressive cities and states struggle to produce new homes, even as red states boom
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#boston
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03.03.2025
Whatâs behind the WSJâs tougher tone with Trump?
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Contrarian Boston Zoom forum Thursday at 11 a.m.: State Auditor Diana DiZoglio and her battle against government secrecy Register here:
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March 6 forum: State Auditor Diana DiZoglio and her battle against government secrecy
Power independent journalism and reporting.
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People forget that Zelenskyy is a celebrated comic actor who portrayed a satirical president before getting sick enough of the corruption he satirized to run for office himself. His hero was Mel Brooks, who also fought warsâboth real and verbalâagainst Nazis.
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Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.
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