Thanks for posting. I canceled my cvs appt and went to the library last week very very fast and easy! I appreciate it

This is good but doesn’t go far enough. Many of our surrounding communities allow ADUs by right. This approach speeds the process because you don’t need to get your project approved by political appointees on the ZBA who may kill or delay a project if a few nosy neighbors show up to complain. The city should allow by right, set strong uniform building standards for ADUs and use their inspectors to make sure they’re enforced.

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Thanks again for posting ! Fwiw Umass is still doing vaccines and tests at mercantile - no gift cards though. Two days a week iirc. Right next door to CVS on front street. I’d post the schedule but it only seems to Pop up on Facebook as an image and I can’t repost those.

Literally every comment in your moderation log is just you being rude. Chill out.

I think this is a fair point. With how much my assessed property value increased recently (which raised my taxes like 25%), I think the city officials would use ADU’s as an excuse to increase assessed values or even the tax rate. But we do need more places for people to live

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Nope, walk in anytime the clinic is open!

Thank you for bringing this up! It does seem odd but when you break down the logic it makes a lot of sense.

Vaccines keep the public from being severely ill, and prevent hospitals from being overrun. In preventing people from getting so sick they have to be hospitalized, so purely from a financial standpoint it is cost saving to not only offer the vaccines for free but also pay people to get them.

It also prevents complete healthcare system collapse. Many patients have had necessary care for non-covid issues delayed, and some have become severely ill or died as a result of lack of care due to complete overwhelm on the healthcare system by the pandemic. The more people we can prevent from being hospitalized with covid, the more healthcare is available for everyone.

It's kind of similar to how insurance companies sometimes give financial incentives to people for having annual physicals or getting a gym membership. Preventative medicine saves money.

It saddens me that we have a for-profit healthcare system. But, in the context of preventative medicine, it is advantageous from a public health as well as a financial perspective to offer this sort of incentive.

I hope that explanation makes sense!

Just be careful the DEP doesn’t bust you and impound the cart. Off road vehicles are supposed to be registered in MA. “Supposed to be” being the key words here

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Do you need an appointment?

I dunno, this just screams poorly organized, low on substance and high on hopes and dreams. Meanwhile legit businesses all over the city are shutting down like was said in the comments.

I doubt this gets the ok but then again it’s another reason for the city to boost your property value and rake in even more taxes that they’ll piss into the wind

Why don't we have federally funded places ANYONE who is facing a housing problem can go and live while they get back on their feet. We have plenty of space, we have the billions of dollars to build these places in every state. In my mind, they would look much like a college campus. For less than 1% of our military budget, we could have these places in every state so that none would ever have to sleep on the street.

I live next to Greenhill park and there are always at least a few people living in tents in the woods here along the trails. I came across one gut while walking my dog, and he started to apologize to me. Not only that, but I responded with, “It's as much your right to be in this park as mine, you have nothing to apologize for.”

They have protections when signing the lease. It’s nobodies fault but their own if they don’t read it. It’s a business. If the biz owner is in the habit of ignoring details as major as his lease….

Womag isn’t exactly known for its in depth reporting or detail oriented articles.

Offering $ to get vaxxed? This is, odd to say the least

Yes same here--Ouch. While I cannot and would not claim that I know your pain, I do know that nothing worth doing--nothing--is easy. I wish nothing but fair skies and tailwinds along your path, friend.

...Ah yes.. hello there.

I should have been more clear My question is, does the city already have insurance for lawsuits? My guess is no, but I was curious.

lots of people make decisions based on emotions and don't think things through at all. for exhibit a just look at our prison system. so much hot air blowing around about being tough on crime and don't drop the soap, and not a single one of the cretins who think this way are worried about the inmate's looming release date and how he will make his way in the world once he becomes our neighbor.

emotional bigmouths are one of our nation's major hurdles in achieving "greatness".

>Randy Bobandy

Heh never seen any of the Trailer Park Boys had to look up the reference.

> I feel like the people against the removal of vagrant/junkie camps don't have to deal with those people daily. Using public transit and public spaces is terrifying a few times a month because of junkie vagrants. It's not fair for the general public being forced to deal with filthy homeless all fucked up and making scenes on the bus or in public spaces. I cannot use my local shopping plaza because of the vagrants soliciting and threatening me at every door. That's not very fair to myself and other taxpayers that feel the same. I used to feel bad for them and used to help those when I could. I quickly learned that the population isn't friendly, honest, mature or care about anything but getting high and stealing. It was spending time trying to help them when I started feeling like I do. I'm not even mad they use drugs. I think people that choose to use drugs need to pay their bills first and not waste welfare resources for those in need. As long as a person isn't draining society because of their actions, they're free to do as they please. I know my opinion isn't going to be popular here so here's more, We (Americans) need to end the taboo around suicide and death. Let's offer ethical euthanasia to those that want to end their life and recidivist drug addicts. I'd imagine a lot of addicts use dope with the end game killing themselves, so let's help them help themselves. I certainly wouldn't be writing this post if I had that option.

holy shit.