Archive for March 2019
Well-kept secret: UMass has a campus in Waltham, and it does great stuff. The Barrett Report, March 2019
Dear Friend, Samuel D. Warren II grew up on Cedar Hill, his family’s estate in Waltham. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1877, started his own firm with wicked smart classmate Louis Brandeis, and teamed up with Brandeis to co-author “The Right to Privacy,” the journal article that launched a revolution in American constitutional…
Read MoreSenator Barrett’s Thoughts on Preserving the Waltham Field Station
From Senator Barrett’s Facebook, MARCH 10th, 2019– We shouldn’t let this happen: By the end of 2019, the University of Massachusetts plans to evict eight nonprofit organizations, each of them involved in advancing sustainable agriculture, local produce, and healthy urban diets for eastern Massachusetts, from a century-old “field station” it owns in Waltham. Profoundly disappointing, to say…
Read MoreCouncillor Nabulime Reflects on Town Hall Meeting
From Sharline Nabulime’s Facebook, MARCH 10th, 2019— I am so grateful to everyone who came to the town- For your voice in the fight for our only remaining farm, I thank you. To Senator Barrett, for your fight, leadership, and clear call to action, I thank you. To Mayor McCarthy, Representative Stanley, and all the…
Read MoreWaltham Wicked Local: Town Hall regarding fate of Waltham Fields Community Farm draws many
By Connor O’Keefe, MARCH 12th 2019– Residents from Waltham and the surrounding towns gathered at the Government Center on Saturday, March 9 to discuss the future of the Waltham Fields Community Farm and Field Station located at 240 Beaver St. The meeting gave concerned residents an avenue to voice their displeasure at the recent decision…
Read MoreWaltham Patch: Councilor To Host Meeting On Waltham Community Fields Farm
By Jenna Fisher MARCH 5TH 2019— Waltham Fields Community Farm is one of the last working farms in the greater Boston area and one that has at within its mission to help others. But the future of the farm, after the farm’s landlord announced its intention to close the farm’s office space, is in question. Following…
Read MoreBoston Globe: Waltham nonprofits seek protection for UMass-owned farmland
By John Hilliard MARCH 01, 2019– Nonprofit organizations operating on the grounds of a Waltham farm owned by the University of Massachusetts Amherst face eviction by year’s end because of the age and declining condition of the building housing the groups, a school spokesman said. But the nonprofits worry that their eviction could mean the future…
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