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In the Boston City Council district vacated by (now imprisoned) ex-councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, a coach and a pastor vie for the seat serving Roxbury + slices of South End, Fenway and Dorchester @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
A pastor races a track coach for the Boston City Council's only open seat
Said Ahmed and the Rev. Miniard Culpepper are both political newcomers battling to fill the seat of disgraced former councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson in District 7, an area that includes high povert...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In the Boston City Council district vacated by (now imprisoned) ex-councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, a coach and a pastor vie for the seat serving Roxbury + slices of South End, Fenway and Dorchester @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
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Boston voters - guide here for Nov. 4 - scroll down for info on the candidates for city council @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social @bertoscalese.bsky.social @lisacreamer.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
Your guide to voting in the 2025 Boston general election
Here are the key dates and details to vote in Boston's general election, including a little detail on the names you'll see listed on the ballot.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Boston voters - guide here for Nov. 4 - scroll down for info on the candidates for city council @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social @bertoscalese.bsky.social @lisacreamer.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
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Josh Kraft has dropped out of the Boston mayoral race, two days after a trouncing in the preliminary by
@mayorwu.boston.gov
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09... @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social @joshforboston.bsky.social
@mayorwu.boston.gov
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09... @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social @joshforboston.bsky.social
Josh Kraft bows out of Boston race for mayor
Josh Kraft has dropped out of the Boston mayor's race, two days after incumbent Michelle Wu trounced him in the city's preliminary election.
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September 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Josh Kraft has dropped out of the Boston mayoral race, two days after a trouncing in the preliminary by
@mayorwu.boston.gov
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09... @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social @joshforboston.bsky.social
@mayorwu.boston.gov
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09... @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social @joshforboston.bsky.social
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Nice 3-min listen here to catch you up on the scenes last night after @mayorwu.boston.gov won the preliminary v. @joshforboston.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09... @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09... @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social
Wu dominates Boston preliminary election as she and Kraft move to November face off
Mayor Michelle Wu and challenger Josh Kraft will go head to head on the November ballot for Boston mayor.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Nice 3-min listen here to catch you up on the scenes last night after @mayorwu.boston.gov won the preliminary v. @joshforboston.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09... @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09... @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social
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Former U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins is inching back out onto the political stage -- and seems to be in Josh Kraft's camp
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09... @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09... @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social
Former U.S. Attorney Rollins weighs in with White Stadium opponents
For Rachael Rollins, who has been largely out of the spotlight after resigning under pressure as U.S. Attorney, this was a second recent showing that appeared to back Josh Kraft for mayor.
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September 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Former U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins is inching back out onto the political stage -- and seems to be in Josh Kraft's camp
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09... @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/09... @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social
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Hundreds of tenant activists rallied inside the State House today to support a bill that would bring rent control back in Mass. Rent control has been banned in the state since 1994 @wbur.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hundreds of tenant activists rallied inside the State House today to support a bill that would bring rent control back in Mass. Rent control has been banned in the state since 1994 @wbur.org
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Josh Kraft has yet to reveal his 2024 tax filing -- in fact he hasn't filed yet @evezuckoff.bsky.social @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...
Josh Kraft has yet to disclose his 2024 tax return — in fact, he's filing late
In May, the Kraft campaign said it would release his tax returns “in the near future.” But now the campaign says the candidate had asked the IRS for a six-month filing extension.
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July 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Josh Kraft has yet to reveal his 2024 tax filing -- in fact he hasn't filed yet @evezuckoff.bsky.social @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...
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And a conversation with Josh Kraft on what he'd do as mayor of Boston - conversation from the @wbur.org Festival - @tizianadearing.bsky.social @evezuckoff.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
If elected mayor, Kraft says he’d lean on philanthropy and improve community engagement
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and her lead challenger Josh Kraft both agree that federal funding cuts will hit the city hard. But Kraft, the former CEO of Boston Boys & Girls Clubs and son of the Patriots ...
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June 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
And a conversation with Josh Kraft on what he'd do as mayor of Boston - conversation from the @wbur.org Festival - @tizianadearing.bsky.social @evezuckoff.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
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From @wbur.org festival coverage this weekend: A conversation with Mayor Wu @tizianadearing.bsky.social @evezuckoff.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
As Trump bears down on Boston, Mayor Wu says she'll keep the focus on city residents
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said "everything that the city represents is under attack" by the Trump administration and local communities are being harmed. As she runs for a second term, she said she's fo...
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June 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
From @wbur.org festival coverage this weekend: A conversation with Mayor Wu @tizianadearing.bsky.social @evezuckoff.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...
OK, it’s time. I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be covering breaking news, general assignment and enterprise stories for WBUR, Boston’s NPR station. The work begins May 27.
A big part of my beat will be Boston City Hall — between now and November 4, I’ll be closely following the mayoral race.
A big part of my beat will be Boston City Hall — between now and November 4, I’ll be closely following the mayoral race.
May 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
OK, it’s time. I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be covering breaking news, general assignment and enterprise stories for WBUR, Boston’s NPR station. The work begins May 27.
A big part of my beat will be Boston City Hall — between now and November 4, I’ll be closely following the mayoral race.
A big part of my beat will be Boston City Hall — between now and November 4, I’ll be closely following the mayoral race.
Big professional news:
After just under six years, next week will be my last at @wcai-npr.bsky.social
WCAI. What follows is a series of thank yous and reflections, and a love letter to the Cape, Coast, and Islands listening community.
After just under six years, next week will be my last at @wcai-npr.bsky.social
WCAI. What follows is a series of thank yous and reflections, and a love letter to the Cape, Coast, and Islands listening community.
May 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Big professional news:
After just under six years, next week will be my last at @wcai-npr.bsky.social
WCAI. What follows is a series of thank yous and reflections, and a love letter to the Cape, Coast, and Islands listening community.
After just under six years, next week will be my last at @wcai-npr.bsky.social
WCAI. What follows is a series of thank yous and reflections, and a love letter to the Cape, Coast, and Islands listening community.
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Excited to see folks at our Provincetown live podcast today! In case you're wandering by and want to hear me and CAI's @evezuckoff.bsky.social talk #mapoli climate and housing crises with an excellent local panel, doors open at 6:30 p.m. 🌊
No Man is An Island: The Collective Climate Challenge of Coastal Mass.
What does it mean to live and plan responsibly on the Cape and Islands, knowing what we do about the long-term risks of climate change?
nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Excited to see folks at our Provincetown live podcast today! In case you're wandering by and want to hear me and CAI's @evezuckoff.bsky.social talk #mapoli climate and housing crises with an excellent local panel, doors open at 6:30 p.m. 🌊
Martha’s Vineyard has seen the third-highest rate of dropped homeowners’ insurance of any community in the country. Our latest, a collaborative project with the MV Times, offers personal tales and agonizing choices tied to this climate-change-fueled crisis.
www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...
www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...
Climate change drives new storm: Vineyarders consider leaving island over home insurance hikes
Locals share personal tales and agonizing choices tied to a worsening home insurance crisis in coastal Massachusetts.
www.capeandislands.org
February 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Martha’s Vineyard has seen the third-highest rate of dropped homeowners’ insurance of any community in the country. Our latest, a collaborative project with the MV Times, offers personal tales and agonizing choices tied to this climate-change-fueled crisis.
www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...
www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...
Hours after his inauguration, President DonaldTrump signed an executive order halting new federal leases for offshore wind projects. He cited, as one reason, the impact OSW has on marine life. “If you’re into whales,” he said, “you don’t want windmills.” Whale experts say the facts show otherwise. ⬇️
January 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Hours after his inauguration, President DonaldTrump signed an executive order halting new federal leases for offshore wind projects. He cited, as one reason, the impact OSW has on marine life. “If you’re into whales,” he said, “you don’t want windmills.” Whale experts say the facts show otherwise. ⬇️
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Great explainer from @evezuckoff.bsky.social on offshore wind and whales.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting new federal leases for offshore wind projects. He cited the impact offshore wind may have on marine life. “If you’re into whales,” Trump said, “you don’t want windmills.” Whale experts say the facts show otherwise.
Is offshore wind driving whales ‘crazy?’ Science says no
President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting new federal leases for offshore wind projects. He cited the impact offshore wind may have on marine life. “If you’re into whales,” Trump said, ...
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January 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Great explainer from @evezuckoff.bsky.social on offshore wind and whales.
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Provincetown is experimenting with a new flood barrier to protect low-lying areas during coastal storms. It’s temporary and quick to set up. And residents in the East End of town say they’re anxious for it to work.
CAI's @evezuckoff.bsky.social has this report.
CAI's @evezuckoff.bsky.social has this report.
It's red, plastic, and snaps together: Provincetown's new flood barrier
Like many coastal communities, Provincetown is searching for ways to help property owners prevent devastating flooding from more frequent and more intense storms — a major consequence of climate chang...
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January 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Provincetown is experimenting with a new flood barrier to protect low-lying areas during coastal storms. It’s temporary and quick to set up. And residents in the East End of town say they’re anxious for it to work.
CAI's @evezuckoff.bsky.social has this report.
CAI's @evezuckoff.bsky.social has this report.
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North Atlantic right whales currently only live to about 22 years old, but a new study finds they should be able to live to over 130. @evezuckoff.bsky.social brings us this report.
How long can North Atlantic right whales live? Scientists may finally have an answer
The endangered right whales' median age at death is about 22. Southern right whales, a closely related species, generally live into their seventies. The difference? Southern whales aren’t facing entan...
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December 24, 2024 at 3:10 AM
North Atlantic right whales currently only live to about 22 years old, but a new study finds they should be able to live to over 130. @evezuckoff.bsky.social brings us this report.
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It was a joy to work with @evezuckoff.bsky.social on this complex story about a disappearing whale species, climate change, misinformation, and how science is tangled up in it all.
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/off...
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/off...
The Complicated Truths About Offshore Wind And Right Whales
Officials say offshore wind turbines aren’t killing North Atlantic right whales. So why do so many people think otherwise?
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December 20, 2024 at 11:40 PM
It was a joy to work with @evezuckoff.bsky.social on this complex story about a disappearing whale species, climate change, misinformation, and how science is tangled up in it all.
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/off...
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/off...
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At 2pm winds starting to rip in SE Mass. Today's wind isn't like a nor'easter. It's driven by the low-level jet, a river of fast-moving air just a couple thousand feet up
It will be overhead this afternoon/eve (white shading). It departs Boston by about 8pm, but not until 11pm or so across the Cape
It will be overhead this afternoon/eve (white shading). It departs Boston by about 8pm, but not until 11pm or so across the Cape
December 11, 2024 at 7:15 PM
At 2pm winds starting to rip in SE Mass. Today's wind isn't like a nor'easter. It's driven by the low-level jet, a river of fast-moving air just a couple thousand feet up
It will be overhead this afternoon/eve (white shading). It departs Boston by about 8pm, but not until 11pm or so across the Cape
It will be overhead this afternoon/eve (white shading). It departs Boston by about 8pm, but not until 11pm or so across the Cape
Scenes from stormy Provincetown, MA. Story TK.
December 11, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Scenes from stormy Provincetown, MA. Story TK.
“Everybody loves turtles.” In the last few days, volunteers have rescued about 300 cold-stunned sea turtles from stranding on Cape Cod beaches. I checked in on the effort to nurse them back to health at a warehouse-turned-sea turtle hospital in Quincy, MA.
www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...
www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...
300 hypothermic sea turtles hospitalized after washing up on Cape Cod
In the last few days, volunteers have rescued hundreds of cold-stunned sea turtles from stranding on Cape Cod beaches. The turtles—packed into banana boxes donated by local markets—are driven to a Qui...
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December 6, 2024 at 4:11 PM
“Everybody loves turtles.” In the last few days, volunteers have rescued about 300 cold-stunned sea turtles from stranding on Cape Cod beaches. I checked in on the effort to nurse them back to health at a warehouse-turned-sea turtle hospital in Quincy, MA.
www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...
www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...
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A Cry for Kelp
“That we’re seeing a persistent decline in kelp forests across the Gulf of Maine? That’s not a warning bell. That’s a giant waving red flag on fire that warming is altering our oceans here in New England.”
www.bostonglobe.com/video/2024/1... via @BostonGlobe
“That we’re seeing a persistent decline in kelp forests across the Gulf of Maine? That’s not a warning bell. That’s a giant waving red flag on fire that warming is altering our oceans here in New England.”
www.bostonglobe.com/video/2024/1... via @BostonGlobe
A cry for kelp - The Boston Globe
WATCH: Kelp forests are on the decline and as contributing reporter David Abel found out, the impact on local oceans could be massive.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:02 AM
A Cry for Kelp
“That we’re seeing a persistent decline in kelp forests across the Gulf of Maine? That’s not a warning bell. That’s a giant waving red flag on fire that warming is altering our oceans here in New England.”
www.bostonglobe.com/video/2024/1... via @BostonGlobe
“That we’re seeing a persistent decline in kelp forests across the Gulf of Maine? That’s not a warning bell. That’s a giant waving red flag on fire that warming is altering our oceans here in New England.”
www.bostonglobe.com/video/2024/1... via @BostonGlobe
Dozens of offshore wind farms are slated for construction off the East Coast over the next 50 years. So a group of researchers, regulators, and fishers want to know: how will the construction noise impact lobsters, scallops, squid and more? Our latest goes inside the effort to find out.
Bam! Scientists study wind farm construction noise impacts on lobsters... by making big noises
Lobsters and other sea creatures in areas selected for offshore wind development are about to hear a whole lot of noisy construction. How might it affect them? At a local dock, Cape Cod scientists are...
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November 21, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Dozens of offshore wind farms are slated for construction off the East Coast over the next 50 years. So a group of researchers, regulators, and fishers want to know: how will the construction noise impact lobsters, scallops, squid and more? Our latest goes inside the effort to find out.
Testing, testing, 1-2-3...
February 16, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Testing, testing, 1-2-3...