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New England's Snow Business
Photo via Thinkstock Last winter was an awful one for skiers. Record-low levels of snow fell in the region. Resorts worked overtime making snow, which allowed them to keep their main slopes open, but...
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There was another fatal bike accident in Allston last night. Every time a cyclist dies, the response is reactionary as it is predictable: There’s the faction of people who say the streets aren’t safe...
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Styrofoam Banned in Boston?
Photo by Sam Kaplan Pretty much everyone—from the dowdiest environmentalist to the slickest corporate spokesperson—agrees that using Styrofoam in food service is a bad deal for the planet. Polystyrene...
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Stolen Bike? A Harvard Student Might Have An Answer
When your bike gets stolen — and since bicycle theft is basically risk free, chances are it will get stolen — you’ll take a quick trip through the stages of grief. You’ll put up some impotent, ranty...
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Cannabis Commerce: Massachusetts' Medical Marijuana Market
Bruce Bedrick, CEO of Medbox and Kind Clinics During those few hours on November 29 when the power went out and Cambridge went dark, 200 people stood in the cold outside the Cambridge Community Center...
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Best Places to Live 2013: Going Huge
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA North Shore leisure and luxury. Median home price: $692,500 One-year change: -11.3% By the sea in Manchester-by-the-Sea. (Photo by Sam Gray) Last year’s looming “fiscal cliff” and...
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Best Places to Live 2013: Moving Up
DUXBURY In this South Shore town, it’s all about oysters, orchestras, and overachievers. Median home price: $542,250 One-year change: +4.3% Waterfront living in Duxbury. (Photo by iStockphoto)...
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Best Places to Live 2013: Starting Out
SALEM This North Shore city is charmed and charming. Median home price; $249,900 One-year change: -3.9% Salem’s Pickering Wharf, viewed from the water. (Photo by Getty Images) Salem is luring in all...
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Best Places to Live 2013: By the Numbers
(Click to view larger.) HOT TOWNS Hoping to call one of these popular spots home? Act quickly. “For sale” signs come down faster than they go up. Days on Market: Sources: Massachusetts Department of...
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Best Places to Live 2013: The Boom Is Back!
Throughout Boston, the upside-down real estate market is but a distant, unpleasant memory. Bidding wars are once again erupting, houses are selling for above asking price, and some homeowners are even...
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