BOSTON – Opening its doors for the first time to the public Monday afternoon, the rebuilt Government Center subway station allows access by people in wheelchairs and lets in more natural light, officials pointed out.
The reopening ends a two-year hiatus for the stop on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Blue and Green lines, in which workers demolished the bunker-like brick structure at the entrance and built a larger new glass enclosure and added elevators to the platforms.
NEW BEDFORD – Lead pipes and water quality have recently made headlines in the biggest city on the South Coast of Massachusetts.
New Bedford officials estimate the city of about 95,000 people has about 3,000 lead pipes connecting homes and businesses to water mains, and those can add lead to drinking water. Replacement work has been under way for over a decade, but at about 200 lines a year, it still has a long way to go.
