Green Line extension community meetings

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The Green Line Extension is currently planning the new route and T stop locations. Locations under consideration are in or around Brickbottom, Union Square, central Somerville (Ball Square, Magoun Square), Tufts, and Mystic Valley Parkway / west Medford. They're holding a series of community meetings starting this week to discuss the possible routes & station locations and find out what people want.

The web site has a flyer [PDF] listing the meetings and summarizing what they're about:

• Mon, Jan 28, Somerville High - focusing on stations proposed for Washington Street, Gilman Square, and Inner Belt/Brickbottom neighborhoods.


• Tue, Jan 29, VNA - Magoun Square and Ball Square neighborhoods


• Thu, Jan 31, Tufts - College Ave & Winthrop Street neighborhoods, including Tufts campus


• Wed, Feb 6, South Medford Fire Station - Mystic Valley Parkway area


• Tue, Feb 19, Cummings School - Union Square area

Do you want a T stop on the Tufts campus? It could happen, but it's not certain, so make it more likely by showing up at the meeting and saying so!

Somerville Journal discontinues reader comments

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The Somerville Journal's editor, Kat Powers, has decided to "shut down comments on our new stories" -- including the story where she announced this. I can't immediately tell whether she has removed or hidden comments on older news stories. ETA: She hasn't, for the most part. (I'm also not sure whether she meant "new stories" or "news stories".)

Since the Journal has provided no mechanism for reader feedback on this decision, let's discuss it here.

ETA: The Journal's blog still accepts reader comments, but does not (yet?) have any post on this subject and now has its own post on this subject.