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Informed comment, analysis, and reported columns.

NOTED: Lee activists take their fight against a PCB dump to Boston

NOTED: Lee activists take their fight against a PCB dump to Boston

As plans for a PCB landfill in Lee, Massachusetts reach a critical stage, a group of Berkshire County residents rallied in Boston—near the headquarters of General Electric, the company responsible for dumping PCBs into the Housatonic River.

NOTED: A few words from an 'enemy of the people'

NOTED: A few words from an 'enemy of the people'

Organizations that protect journalists here and abroad are concerned about Trump's attacks on the press as he prepares to take office again. Labeling reporters "the enemy of the people" also recalls specific threats made against Massachusetts journalists in 2018.

A view of the Duomo di Firenze from the Boboli Gardens in Florence's Oltrarno district.

NOTED: Letter from Florence

The birthplace of the Renaissance confronts a housing and identity crisis fueled by short-term rentals.