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Dec 1, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Jack R. Trapanick
Massachusetts Turnpike is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. A large project to realign the I-90 highway in Allston will include a train layover for the MBTA and Amtrak. By Julian J. GiordanoBy Jack R.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Jack R. Trapanick
MBTA Red Line eliminated its final remaining slow zone areas on Monday. By Claire YuanBy Jack R. Trapanick, Crimson Staff WriterAt long last, the Red Line is slow zone-free. The MBTA announced last week that the last remaining slow zones along the Red Line would be eliminated by Monday, when the Harvard to Broadway section of the route comes back online following a weeklong shutdown for maintenance.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Jack R. Trapanick
Harvard filed an Institutional Master Plan outlining the next ten years of its campus development in Allston on Tuesday. By Jina H. ChoeBy Jack R. Trapanick, Crimson Staff WriterHarvard filed its 2025-2035 Institutional Master Plan for its Allston campus on Tuesday, officially marking the next phase of negotiations with Boston officials over the University’s planned decade of development.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Emily Schwartz |Jack R. Trapanick
Harvard will begin its high-stakes negotiations with the city of Boston later this month as the University is set to release a draft of its second 10-year Institutional Master Plan for its Allston campus. By Emma A. LucasBy Emily T. Schwartz and Jack R.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Jack R. Trapanick |Grace Yoon
Fresh Pond serves as a reservoir for the City of Cambridge. State officials declared the northeast region of Massachusetts to be in a level 3 "critical" drought on Thursday. By Barbara A. SheehanBy Jack R. Trapanick and Grace E. Yoon, Crimson Staff WritersState officials banned nonessential outdoor water uses and asked Cambridge residents to minimize all other water use after declaring the northeast region of Massachusetts to be in a level 3 “critical” drought status on Thursday.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Jack R. Trapanick |Grace Yoon
The Harvard Square Kiosk will serve as a gathering space and information center when it reopens early next year. By Julian J. GiordanoBy Jack R. Trapanick and Grace E. Yoon, Crimson Staff WritersThe future of the long-dormant Harvard Square Kiosk is at last beginning to take shape.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Jack R. Trapanick
Hundreds of residents, workers, and other affiliates of Allston-Brighton sit in the Jackson-Mann Community Center at a hearing, many waiting to testify. Dozens of residents demanded action from Boston officials after years of delay on replacing Allston-Brighton's only community center. By Jack R. TrapanickBy Jack R.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Jack R. Trapanick
The Massachusetts State Legislature is facing a referendum of sorts on Nov. 5 after a chaotic last two years has sparked a drumbeat of negative headlines. Ballot Question 1 will ask voters whether to expand the state auditor’s power to investigate government agencies to encompass the state legislature, potentially opening up at least a part of the body’s workings to the public eye.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Jina H. Choe |Jack R. Trapanick
Boston is one step closer to making a major overhaul of its long-maligned development review process after Mayor Michelle Wu ’07 unveiled a draft modernization plan last week. The reforms, set to go into effect in early 2025, are meant to give residents more of a say in major proposed developments in their neighborhood, while simultaneously streamlining the process for developers.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
thecrimson.com | Jack R. Trapanick
St Elizabeth's Medical Center sits in Brighton. By Jack R. TrapanickBy Jack R. Trapanick, Crimson Staff WriterMassachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey ’92 announced in a press release Friday that the state had officially seized St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center by eminent domain, putting an end to the Brighton hospital’s tumultuous, decade-long stint under for-profit owner Steward Healthcare.
