Massachusetts

Small, “balcony solar” units hold particular appeal for renters who cannot install rooftop panels and could take portable units with them should they move.

Once it was labeled “the dirtiest harbor in America,” but decades of court-ordered cleanup have returned Boston Harbor to a premier fishing destination.

Crossposted from https://thelemmy.club/post/51703967

If you are interested in pollinator friendly gardening this looks like a great way to get started. The DCR site is also a solid resource in general for native plant recommendations.

I personally enjoy more sun in the evening. I'd be happy with permanent DST.

As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.

I have a couple of packages that have been marked as "out for delivery" only to be rescheduled for the next day, four days in a row. The reason is "severe weather". I understand that being valid the first, and maybe the second day...but four days?

For more info on the alleged sexual harassment, this article goes in-depth: https://www.cambridgeday.com/2024/12/06/somerville-library-staffers-leave-over-co-worker-calling-city-union-complacent-over-abuse-claims/

The city's own HR investigation "found sufficient evidence of violation/s under the City’s Equal Opportunity Policy" but a year later still employs the man despite "a '5-inch thick' binder compiled over years of complaints against Sanchez from co-workers and library patrons."