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Crashes Kill One, Seriously Injure Another Student On UMass Amherst’s Main Campus Roadway

<p>Sam Mintz is currently the editor of <a href="https://brookline.news/">Brookline.News</a>, a nonprofit news website covering the Town of Brookline. Before moving back to the Boston area in 2021, Sam spent five years in D.C. covering Congress and federal agencies for Politico and E&amp;E News.</p>


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Transit Advocate Chris Dempsey Wants to Be Our Next State Auditor

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Bedford Town Meeting Narrowly Rejects Long-Planned Reformatory Branch Trail Upgrades

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Buttigieg’s New Emissions Standards Fail to Close the Infamous ‘Light Truck Loophole’

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Arlington Makes Plans to Connect Minuteman, Mystic River Paths

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A Fix for Chronic Transit Funding Shortfalls Could Be Up To the Voters This Fall

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Advocates Rally for E-Bike Legislation at Mass. State House

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Eyes On the Street: Protected Bike Lane Construction in Roxbury and the South End

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In 2021, Most Massachusetts Pedestrian Killings Were Concentrated In Just 12 Communities

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Electric Bicycle Incentives Go Local, But Feds Can Do More

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