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Entrepreneurs and conservationists collaborate at Groton’s Gibbet Hill
The verdant pastures of Gibbet Hill in Groton were first settled in 1645. The lush countryside remained virtually untouched for over three centuries. But in 2000, the land narrowly escaped being turned into an unsightly housing development. To avoid the calamity, local investors and conservationists joined forces in a novel
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Massachusetts boy skips birthday gifts, gives to sea turtles
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts 6-year-old's love of sea turtles prompted him to forgo birthday gifts this year and ask instead for money he could donate to sea turtle rescue efforts. Jasper Rose, of Watertown, collected $550 for Boston's New England Aquarium from his birthday earlier this
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Startups drive job growth with cash from venture funds
BOSTON – How are jobs created? Finding answers to that question has been an economic and political priority for governments around the world, especially in the years since the Great Recession. Nurturing startups may be a critical component. Studies, such as a white paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research
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Gas pipeline builder suspends work on Mass. project
BOSTON – Kinder Morgan suspended further work and spending on its Northeast Energy Direct natural gas pipeline project Wednesday, citing inadequate commitments from prospective customers. The line would help Massachusetts and New England meet energy needs but has been met by protests and uncooperative landowners across the state. Less than a
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The Sunday premium wage: A ‘blue law’ not even the Puritans would like
If you go to Boston.com you can find examples of behavior prohibited by colonial-era blue laws that are still on the books in Massachusetts – among them, kissing in public, wearing gold buttons worth more than 200 British pounds, and being an idle "tobacco taker." One blue law
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‘Middle cities’ residents deserve the same economic opportunities as Bostonians
A Brookings Institution study made headlines in January when it found that Boston has the worst income inequality of any major American city. In doing so, the study obscured the far more punishing reality of Massachusetts cities outside Boston, which have seen far less economic growth and today resemble the
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