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A Green Line train arrives at Union Square station in Somerville. The MBTA has agreed to provide shuttle service to Somerville’s “What The Fluff” festival on Sept. 23 while train service is down. PHOTO COURTESY OF PI.1415926535 VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

MassDOT, MBTA reach compromise with Somerville Fluff Festival on public transit

Jennifer Lambert September 14, 2023
The MBTA and MassDOT announced they will provide shuttle bus service to Somerville’s 18th annual “What The Fluff” Festival on Sept. 23, while Green Line service to Union Square Station is shut down for the second year in a row, transportation officials said in a public meeting on Tuesday.
John Dalton has been hired as the new manager for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Green Line Extension Project. PHOTO BY NATALIE CARROLL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MBTA Green Line Expansion continues with new project manager

Jordan Kimmel November 11, 2016

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority hired former Chicago Transit Authority manager John Dalton as the project manager of the $2.3 billion Green Line Extension Project, according to a Monday...

The "What the Fluff?" festival celebrated the inventor of Fluff, Archibald Query, Saturday afternoon in Union Square. PHOTO BY ROSS HSU/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Somerville celebrates marshmallowy goodness with “What the Fluff?”

Ross Hsu September 30, 2015

“What the Fluff?”, this year’s edition of Somerville’s Fluff Festival, was one of the strangest events I have ever attended in my entire life. The first thing I saw as I entered a crowded Union...

Roxy’s Grilled Cheese seeks to obtain liquor license for restaurant

Daily Free Press Admin October 9, 2013

Preparing for their brick-and-mortar opening in late November, Roxy’s Gourmet Grilled Cheese, one of Boston’s most popular food trucks, started a petition on Change.org on Friday to obtain a liquor...

MBTA to extend Green Line two stops into Somerville area

Daily Free Press Admin October 2, 2013

With the approval of its construction contract on Sept. 25, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority can move forward with its Green Line Extension Project to build three more stations. The $393...

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