THE SATURDAY SEND
Catch up with The Saturday Send email newsletter, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed during the week.
Electrifying the T and four more stories: The Saturday Send – August 22, 2026
The Saturday Send Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed. This week, Chris Lisinski takes readers inside the MBTA’s effort to electrify its commuter rail system. The T…
The Quabbin’s new friend and four more stories: The Saturday Send – August 15, 2026
The Saturday Send Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed. This week, Gov. Healey waded into an escalating battle between towns along the Quabbin Reservoir and Greater Boston’s…
Quabbin’s cruel irony and four more stories: The Saturday Send – August 8, 2026
The Saturday Send Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed. This week, tensions are brewing in the communities around the Quabbin Reservoir, Massachusetts’s largest source of drinking water.…
The Dean of Massachusetts mayors and four more stories: The Saturday Send – August 1, 2026
The Saturday Send Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed. This week, Hallie Claflin profiles the longest-serving mayor of Massachusetts. Dean Mazzarella has served as mayor of Leominster…
Tax cap reform and four more stories: The Saturday Send – July 25, 2026
The Saturday Send Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed. This week, Chris Lisinski reported on a late-term push led by Senator Jason Lewis to repeal a law…
Mass Save reforms and four more stories: The Saturday Send – July 18, 2026
The Saturday Send Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed. This week, a Massachusetts initiative designed to save ratepayers money and boost energy efficiency could soon add new…
“Fossil fuel free” in Mass. and four more stories: The Saturday Send – July 11, 2026
The Saturday Send Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed. This week, Jordan Wolman takes us to Massachusetts’s “fossil fuel free” communities. After 10 municipalities pledged to ban…
