Mayor Lisa Wong inherited a big job when she won Fitchburg’s mayoral election last year. An old mill town with closed factories, a crime problem and a record number of foreclosures are just some of her worries.
The 28-year old Wong has a plan and Radio Boston heads to Fitchburg to find out what it is.
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Plus, in our web specials:Read studies about revitalizing old mill cities, see videos from Fitchburg and Lowell.
Some patients who have been harmed during medical procedures are opting not to sue, but to talk with the medical team responsible for the harm. Health care professionals are being trained to apologize when things go wrong. Who benefits from a doctor’s mea culpa?
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Plus, in our web specials:Sit in on "disclosure training"for doctors, learn more about MITTS,and the three questions you should ask your doctorto help her avoid mistakes…
The Big Dig: A Timeline
Home foreclosures continue to be a problem in most Massachusetts communities in 2008 and many economists expect that it’s only going to get worse. We visit one city where foreclosures are blamed for destabilizing neighborhoods and harming the local economy. Is it (as one analyst says) a "perfect storm" situation where the housing market slump, the credit crunch and predatory lending have combined to create a wave of debt and abandoned buildings?
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What is the purpose of public architecture and does Boston’s City Hall fit the bill? This Friday we’ll explore the affordability and practicality of plans to move City Hall.
Call it brutalist architecture or just plain brutal - we want to know what you think about Government Center Plaza, add a comment here.
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Plus, in our web specials:the original sketch of City Hall, and images past and present of Boston’s brutalist masterpiece…
As the poster says, Boston Rocks. But how hard?
Radio Boston goes on location at the Flophouse,and takes you inside the modern Boston music scene. We profile three bands: Township, The Mmoss, and The Jody Grind. We hear from a Boston superstar, Greg Hawkes of the Cars. And, we talk with music critic Brett Milano on how the scene has changed and if a band like the Cars could make it in Boston today.
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Plus, check out our box set of web specials,including videos and mp3s of a one-time only live performance by Greg Hawkes strumming a Cars classic on his ukulele…
You’ve seen the Pops at the Hatch Shell. The BSO at Symphony Hall. But have you caught Township at TT The Bear’s? Or Neptune at the Middle East?
Radio Boston takes you inside the local music scene, Friday, December 28th. We broadcast from The Flophouse, the Somerville, MA studio where the Band in Boston podcast is produced. Hear from music great Greg Hawkes of the Cars about how the scene has changed over the years and whether he thinks the Cars would be able to make it big in Boston today.
Plus, check out our box set of web specials, including videos and mp3s of a one-time only live performance by Greg Hawkes strumming a Cars classic on his ukulele…
This week, we talk about the difficulties of holding down a job but having no home to go to at the end of the day.
We’ll also look at the growing number of homeless families in Massachusetts. There are nearly 1200 families living in transitional housing or shelters across the state. The Departmen of Education says Massachusetts has 40,000 homeless schoolchildren. In Boston, forty percent of the homeless are working.
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Plus, in our web specials: Resoruces for those in need, and David Boeri’s report from Salisbury, MA, where almost a third of the students at the local elementary school are homeless…
Now that the ground has thawed let’s go on an archaeological dig. What are some of the latest big local discoveries? What do historical artifacts teach us about our past?
