STATE HOUSE — Presenting a broad reform agenda for the second year of the MBTA's Fiscal and Management Control Board's existence, Gov. Charlie Baker said the agency should shift its pension management to the state's fund managers and continue to look for opportunities to privatize services.
"The old way of doing things at the T is no longer viable or sensible," Baker told reporters at a press conference on Wednesday. He said, "The T's pension system is in freefall."
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth last month were awarded a patent for technology they say could reduce the costs of fishing vessel monitoring, a cost fisherman say threatens their livelihood, the school announced this week.
Dr. Brian Rothschild, the retired founding head of the UMass-Dartmouth School of Marine Science and Technology, and graduate student Glenn Chamberlain said their on-board 3D camera system would reduce costs, ensure accuracy and expand the scope of what information could be collected.
