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East to West: Dec. 7, 2020

East to West: Dec. 7, 2020

Jackson Machesky December 7, 2020

In the final episode of Season 4, we discuss the status of Boston Public Schools’ reopening plans, a student app to aid sustainability in dining, a movement in Beacon Hill to install LED streetlights,...

Beacon Hill residents wrote an open letter requesting gas lamps in the neighborhood be replaced with electric bulbs to protect trees harmed by gas leaks. COURTESY OF IAN HOWARD VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Beacon Hill residents push to replace gas lamps with LED lighting

Katarzyna Jezak December 4, 2020
Those trees were planted in 1977 — the same year the gas lamps were installed. Roughly more than two-thirds of the trees have since died, while the remaining five are in bad health, according to the letter.
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