As electric vehicles (EV) enter our roadways, the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) has introduced a series of free resources, guidelines, and information to help raise awareness about EV fires and safe EV charging practices at home. According to the International…
Month: May 2024
After Six Months, New Tracking Tool Identifies 50 Lithium-Ion Battery Fires
Special to the Regional Review The Massachusetts Department of Fire Services’ new tool for tracking lithium-ion battery fires has helped to identify 50 such incidents in the past six months, more than double the annual average detected by a national…
Healey-Driscoll Adminstration Names Brizius New Coastal Zone Management Director
Special to the Regional Review Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper today announced Alison Brizius’s appointment to Assistant Secretary and Director of the Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM). CZM leads the state’s policy and planning on coastal…
Shuttle Buses Will Now Replace Red Line From Park Street to JFK/UMass on May 2–10
The MBTA is today announcing an update to the upcoming Red Line service change that begins next week. Previously scheduled to begin on May 1, the Red Line will now be suspended daily between Park Street and JFK/UMass stations from…
Coletta, Legislators Take ‘Pledge to Waste Less’
Special to the Regional Review With nearly 40% of food going unsold and uneaten and tens of millions of people facing food insecurity in the United States (including over 500,000 in Massachusetts alone), food recovery organization, Spoonfuls, debuted its “Pledge…
College Protesters Should Embrace Being Arrested
Acts of civil disobedience by definition imply that a person knowingly is breaking the law and is willing to accept the legal consequences. When Rosa Parks took a seat at the front of that bus in Alabama and was arrested…
Opponents of Aid to Ukraine Should Watch Franklin
Here’s the plot-line: A world superpower, led by a ruler-for-life who does not tolerate dissent, invades a young sovereign nation, which at one time had been part of the superpower, with a large military force in order to restore the…
Opinion
By Phil Orlandella Star Market A Good Neighbor North End non-profit organizations depend on sponsors and donations from local businesses to continue to provide needed services in the community. One good neighbor is Star Market on the Hub on Causeway Street.…
Guest Op-Ed: Retail Theft Impacts Consumer and Employee Safety, Residential Quality of Life
By DA Kevin Hayden: Two women are facing shoplifting charges after police recovered approximately 200 stolen clothing items in the vehicle they used to flee after shoplifting on Newbury Street Monday, and an Everett man was charged Tuesday for stealing…