The roots of East Walpole-headquartered HollingsÂworth & Vose Co. extend back to the 18th century and to a product as basic as rag paper. But today, this old-line manufacturing firm […]
Phil Primack
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Meeting market
The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.Photo courtesy of Denterlein Worldwide.the boston convention & exhibition center edges toward Summer Street, hovering like a giant spaceship looking for a place to park. […]
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Mixed-use project raises hope for Salisbury Beach comeback
INTRO TEXT Like the wooden roller coaster that once dominated its Atlantic Ocean skyline, Salisbury Beach’s economic fortunes have climbed and fallen with changing times and demographics. Once a summer […]
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Playing the numbers
as a candidate for governor, Deval Patrick sounded a cautionary note about the perennial calls to bring casino gambling to Massachusetts. While not morally opposed to slot machines or blackjack […]
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Learning from the Big Dig
Photograph by David L. Ryan,The Boston Globemore than three months after a ceiling panel collapse took a life and further besmirched the new roadways’ already tarnished image, traffic should be […]
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The Good News Garage gives a lift to people who need cars in order to get jobs
INTRO TEXT After many years and many miles of steady service, the trusty old station wagon still starts up every morning, but the body is dinged up, repair bills loom […]
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The construction industry prospers
INTRO TEXT Growth & Develpment Extra 2006 Both public and private projects arekeeping hardhats busy. With the Big Dig winding down, Boston Harbor (mostly) cleaned up, and the new convention […]
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New threats have public safety agencies trying to get on the same wavelength
A savvy technology entrepreneur is always on the lookout for new opportunities, especially in a market as hot as security. So Vanu Bose was ready when the National Institute of […]
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Business is booming at security expo
INTRO TEXT Whether the Democratic National Convention will be an economic boon or bust for the city of Boston is still a matter of dispute. But for one rapidly growing […]
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Downtown Bostons Greenway is still up in the air
INTRO TEXT By the time this article appears, an agreement may finally be in place about how to govern and maintain the 27 acres of downtown land now opening up […]
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Blue collar blues
Economist Paul Harrington has lots of data about manufacturing employment in Massachusetts, and all of it is ugly. In 1984, about 670,000 people were employed in making things, or about […]
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The Numbers Game
For years the Massachusetts AFL-CIO has boasted 400,000 union members in its ranks. Today there are 404,000, to be exact, according to AFL-CIO officials. But thousands of those workers–including the […]
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Which Side Are They On
Labor was showing its muscle and the television news cameras were rolling. Inside stately Faneuil Hall in Boston, the two candidates for governor, just eight days away from last fall’s […]
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Communication Breakdown
Rep. Daniel Bosley, a Democrat from North Adams who is known around the State House as a master of public policy, has a complaint: “No one covers all the serious […]