You’re on your own getting to the finish, but getting you safely to the start is their job
The Head of the Charles | Oct. 20, 2019
On a gravelly patch along the sunny shoreline, Christina Williams calls through a megaphone at the scullers rowing by. Their whoops and cheers echo and fly around in the arched shade of the underside of Eliot Bridge.
Williams is here for her eighth or ninth year as a member of the River Control team, a group of volunteers dedicated to making sure traffic is moving and the shells are safe...
Williams is here for her eighth or ninth year as a member of the River Control team, a group of volunteers dedicated to making sure traffic is moving and the shells are safe...
New non-profit law center provides lifeline for New England’s immigrant communitiesThe Scope | Sept. 12, 2019Matt Cameron sits on the floor of his office in East Boston Shipyard. One floor below him is a SCUBA shop and across the street is a modern art museum. But here, stacks of files teeter beneath the window. The floor is sprinkled with Ikea box sawdust. A partially-finished construction project sits in his lap.
Cameron is spending his Saturday afternoon in the office, spring cleaning, building a desk and meditating. His office may be in East Boston, but Cameron’s job as an immigration lawyer brings him in contact with people and places that span the entire length of the world map on the wall of his conference room... |
The invisible disappearance: The loss of gay bar culture in BostonClass Project with Alison Booth and Colin Thompson | April 17, 2019(Follow the above link for the full scrollytelling project)
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Prevalence of cigarette and vaping device use by age group
The Huntington News | Oct. 9, 2019
Class Project | April 16, 2019 |
The Huntington News | Feb. 20, 2019 |
When Allison Perlman, a project manager at the Boston Department of Parks and Recreation, first walked out to Moakley Park in South Boston there were “literally two people” using the space. It was a Tuesday afternoon.
The small number of visitors isn’t strange. The sports fields flood after rainstorms, busy roads isolate the space and rising sea-levels threaten the coastal park. A city plan aims to renovate the park in order to make it more accessible and more diverse in the activities it offers... (Follow the above link for the full multimedia project) |
Maddie Campbell, a second-year mechanical engineering major, wanted to live with her friend so much that she agreed to move two miles off campus to Northeastern’s housing at 1110 Commonwealth Ave. By the summer, however, she was having second thoughts...
NU commuters prepare for 8 years of Mass. Pike constructionThe Huntington News | Jan. 29, 2019An overhaul of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Allston announced recently will affect drivers for approximately eight years, according to a Massachusetts Department of Transportation press release from Jan. 14...
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MBTA changes will allow riders to board at every door
The Huntington News | Sept. 27, 2018
Ask riders about their experiences with Boston’s public transit, and they’ll likely have a prepared list of complaints about the system.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA, has identified some areas for improvement, including loading times on above-ground transit and possible updates to the fare card system. With its new automatic fare collection system, called AFC 2.0, MBTA officials aim to modernize and streamline customer interactions...
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA, has identified some areas for improvement, including loading times on above-ground transit and possible updates to the fare card system. With its new automatic fare collection system, called AFC 2.0, MBTA officials aim to modernize and streamline customer interactions...