Friday, June 24, 2011

Globe in the Gutter

I'm not getting in there with them:

A clean new era for Boston Harbor
The opening of a massive sewage holding tank under South Boston today will complete a transformation of Boston Harbor that was almost unimaginable three decades ago: The city’s once-fouled beaches are now so clean that swimmers can dive in virtually every summer day.

Mass. finds new system not cutting health costs
Early results show that putting doctors and hospitals on a budget — a payment method promoted as a way to curb health costs — has not saved money in Massachusetts, Attorney General Martha Coakley concluded in a report released yesterday.

Complaint tally grows at Carney psych unit
The firing of 29 nurses and mental health counselors at Carney Hospital last month followed five complaints of abuse or neglect on the adolescent psychiatry unit — not one as initially disclosed by the hospital — according to state officials.

Files link Cahill to lottery’s ’10 ad blitz
Former state treasurer Timothy P. Cahill was directly involved in the state lottery’s decision to launch a $1.65 million taxpayer-funded advertising blitz seen as benefiting his campaign for governor last year, according to e-mails and other documents obtained by the Globe.

Ambitious plan for Government Center Garage site
The hulking Government Center Garage in Boston would be torn down and replaced with a massive complex of residences, offices, and stores under an ambitious plan made public yesterday.   

This got bumped by Whitey

Cigarette makers sue Worcester over ad ban

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