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Articles by James Mercer published in Six State Signal.
The MBTA lists a $1.286 billion total budget and fall 2032 completion. The project will expand the Charles River rail crossing from four tracks to six.
The justices upheld the school board's dismissal of Steve Perrin and rejected his due-process challenge. Perrin disputed the student's account and denied discouraging reports of suspected abuse.
U.S. District Judge George A. O'Toole Jr.'s Sept. 30 order pauses the 2025 rule and all fines issued under it while the lawsuit continues. It is not a final ruling on whether the rule is lawful.
The court reversed Clerence H. Goncalves's conviction for sending the photo and upheld his conviction for secretly taking it. The ruling concerns Massachusetts's secret-photography law.
The revised 16-story proposal includes a lower affordable share than the rejected July plan. Site plan review and other conditions remain; the written variance decision was not posted as of Oct. 8.
Connecticut Public put the work at about $90 million, including $9 million from the state. Mayor Connor Martin said income-restricted units are still undecided.
Hartford's $43 million Fuller Brush conversion, 155 apartments, is now expected to finish in the first quarter of 2027 instead of by Nov. 30.
Officials held an Oct. 2 groundbreaking ceremony for two housing phases on Salem State's surplus South Campus land. Construction on the first 340 homes is expected in winter 2026-27.
