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Is this the beginning of the end for space savers? For the first time in decades, an elected official in Boston is pushing to ban them. By Billy Baker Globe Staff,Updated December 17, 2020, 6:23 p.m. Email to a Friend Who’s ready to argue about space savers? Apparently Matt O’Malley is, and unfortunately he has dragged me into it. On Wednesday night, as the first flakes of the nor’easter were about to fall, the outgoing city councilor from West Roxbury became the first city elected official in decades to publicly call for an end to the practice of claiming public parking spots ...

These cities and towns in Massachusetts are rolling back their reopenings By Amanda Kaufman and Shirley Leung Globe Staff and Globe Columnist,Updated December 15, 2020, 3:16 p.m. Email to a Friend Somerville's Davis Square.Jessica Rinaldi Amid rising COVID-19 numbers in Massachusetts, a number of cities and towns in the state announced they are reverting to more restrictive phases of the state’s reopening plan. Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and officials in Arlington, Brockton, Lynn, and Somerville, and Newton said on Monday their communities are moving from Phase 3, Step 1, to a modifie...