Heirlooms, cherries and giant tomatoes — farmers show off their harvest in the waning summer days of a favorite local crop.
![To-may-to, To-mah-to. Mass Tomato growers convene in Boston for 39th annual contest](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7ed127bf-e490-4acf-8256-e2d19b468661.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
A chain of "pregnancy resource centers" - including outlets in Revere and Brookline - that won't offer referrals for abortions for pregnant patients wants the state to leave it alone and stop warning people about them. Read more.
![Chain of anti-abortion clinics sues state over campaign against anti-abortion clinics](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3b817aa1-ecb4-49de-baa4-ce3dd083c86d.png?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Friday’s news offered no new hope for Carney Hospital in Dorchester or Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer. “Somebody has to pay to continue to operate these hospitals,” Gov. Maura Healey said on Radio Boston, later adding, “the state has already contributed a lot.”
![Why Mass. is seizing one formerly Steward-owned hospital — but not two others](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/963371c1-5fca-427e-99dc-2f3dc9700866.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Jamaica Plain, Roslindale and Hyde Park Facebook groups tonight are full of accounts of people and vehicles getting stuck in a mating frenzy of zillions of tiny flying ants, in those neighborhoods and West Roxbury and Dedham, too (Update: Cambridge and Somerville, too
![Vast swarms of amorous flying ants are flitting around tonight, landing in ears and hair, raining on cars and dropping into people's frappes](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/faf5d1bc-2032-4cc0-bd49-4d6285cf3f7b.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Thank you for all your thoughtful and persistent commentary in this thread. You've given me a lot to think about.
Mary Ellen spotted a pair of black-crowned night herons keeping an eye out for coppers, or maybe just a big fish, at Millennium Park yesterday.
![Lookouts](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/340c866e-7412-4102-8424-9b1f8c02ac9b.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Organizers with the cheekily named “Equalititty” and GoTopless groups walked about with a simple proposition: In 2024, there isn’t a particularly good reason to bar women from taking their shirts off entirely in the summer heat wherever men are allowed to do the same.
![A naked call to free breasts and minds](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8a551b5f-756b-4ee5-87bb-fa2836d6fead.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Drivers won’t see any change for a couple weeks under the rules of their wages.
![New minimum wage kicks in for Uber, Lyft drivers in Mass.](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/80515977-d110-4767-84c2-cf95dec2ddee.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Gov. Healey said today she has ordered St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton seized so that the state can keep it open while it transitions to a less rapacious owner - the non-profit Boston Medical Center - rather than risking the collapse of any deal by its current for-profit owners to squeeze...
![State to seize St. Elizabeth's by eminent domain to keep it open, Healey says](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/deb50952-80af-4921-965d-762a0c75f863.png?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Gov. Maura Healey created the task force to deliver a detailed financial plan, but transportation officials appear to be scaling back expectations.
![A big job on a tight deadline: Transportation Funding Task Force appears to get scaled back](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b3000d5b-c2a7-4cf2-9f19-d293742024eb.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
"This is not rocket science," Green City Growers CEO Christopher Grallert said.
![Urban Farming Company Has Gardens On Fenway Park, Boston Rooftops | WBZ NewsRadio 1030](https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/8d546879-8d6b-4e10-a305-b6a72a9f52be.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Boston is working with Google to optimise traffic signal timing to improve traffic flow in highly congested areas.
![Boston uses AI to reduce stop-go traffic by 50 percent - Cities Today](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/963dfd66-6987-4dd8-b389-da20475ed7e2.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
This fall, Boston plans to begin installing new Bluebikes stations in several downtown neighborhoods — including Beacon Hill, Chinatown and the North End — as part of a larger plan to add 100 stations to the system.
![What to expect as Boston ramps up its Bluebikes station expansion](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/88add9d7-42a6-473f-b93c-7c54a489ea63.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
An exhibition of works by queer artists highlights the beauty of their chosen families, self-discovery and love. The show runs through Sept. 8 at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
![Found family and a celebration of queer identity in 'Portraits From Boston, With Love'](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e98acf33-971e-422a-958e-42225e577070.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Agreed
The promise of electric trains with a new $54-million deal triggered an early celebration with state officials.
![Electric trains on track for Fairmount commuter rail by 2028](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1bc009b6-cbf6-4325-8e9d-223c3f80ccef.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved the conversion of offices in buildings on Washington, Water and Devonshire streets downtown into 95 apartments, under a city tax-abatement program aimed at encouraging that. Read more.
![Conversion of office space into residential units in three downtown buildings approved](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/11b7e790-2c41-4a32-a7e6-2850368012d3.png?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
I don't care about dignity, I just don't want to die like my dad did. He had ALS and it was a very slow degeneration that seemed very painful.
In a state that prides itself on health care access, quality and innovation, some advocates say they're dismayed by how little the Massachusetts Legislature accomplished before wrapping formal business last month. Legislators can point to a few budget items as accomplishments. But the list of bills ...
![Here are the major health bills advocates wish lawmakers passed](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a6fd4d7b-d6f5-455f-a3ff-2cfeab60a092.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Perry, a ham-radio operator (W1GRD) , reports he was up around 2:30 a.m., and on the radio when he heard some unusual distortions in transmissions that made him think there might be some aurora lights up in the sky - so he went outside with his iPhone. Read more.
![Aurora on display in North Attleboro](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6a35ae83-c65c-4763-8498-3381f442beb4.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
One of the best shooting star displays of the year is about to light up the night sky above Massachusetts.
![Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Sunday Night | WBZ NewsRadio 1030](https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/8c1aaa95-c617-4c39-9b0c-6c85699c5d0a.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Families are now limited to a 5-day stay at the state’s 4 overflow shelters in Norfolk, Lexington, Cambridge and Chelsea, with the possibility of a 30-day extension.
![Many stay, some go: Hitting first deadline of Healey’s new shelter policy, most are granted extensions](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fb0fb28d-845f-4c1f-8c23-742b5e938781.png?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Thank you for the analysis! I was afraid that this had no teeth and I think that fear may have been correct.
They would have to put it in a dirty basement or I just won't accept it as the rat.
They put in some work and they deserve some Internet points!
These shows where you have to fall in love seem like a dystopian nightmare to me, but I guess if people are entertained...
Haven't we already been granted a police state? In all seriousness hopefully these cameras will help.
I think the lottery is a tax on the poor and the uneducated. It should be banned along with other forms of gambling which just pray on human weakness.
More expensive and funnier, so I say better?
I once went to one of the shows when it was in Bow Market. It was such a trip, because the majority of the audience was comedians waiting to take a turn on stage. It definitely had the feel of people testing out their craft mixed with the feel of karaoke.
If the medical system was run by people who actually cared about treating people over profit then the answer to that question would be obvious. Too bad it isn't.
I need to see the actual wording of the ballot questions. Sometimes they make it seem like a yes when it's actually a no. All of them sound good except I know nothing about number one.
Just a reminder, rapid onset gender dysphoria is a fiction invented by anti trans activists. In short, there is absolutely no evidence this is happening, all of the supposed study data comes from testimony of specifically anti-trans parents, and all of the medical treatments have been extremely conservative and hard to get by kids under the age of 18.
Linux. It was a Windows only problem. The real question is why are any corporations still using Windows at this day and age. I thought the only reason to stay on Windows was for gaming.
I definitely only go the speed limit /s
I also try to upvote comments which encourages people to participate. I know it seems small, but it lets people know that they are not commenting into a void.
I love how breweries have to reinvent the nightlife scene, since they are not "just bars". So many cool things happening, especially on weekdays. I know people at Dorchester Brewing so I am always glad when they get some love. I have no time for waiting in line to get beer at Tree House, though.
I really appreciate your contribution. Thank you! I will still try to taunt you into a discussion every once in a while though :)
I don't drive that route very often (if ever) so I don't know how bad it was, but I do feel like the speed limits in boston are kind of low. Is there concrete data suggesting that low speed limits are good? Does traffic not improve with higher speeds?