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As ballot questions mount, so do problems with them -- As ballot questions mount up, updating a century-old process is a crucial bit of business

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Brian Worrell and Miniard Culpepper -- Blue Hill Avenue deserves rail, not another bus debate -- Boston made a promise for rapid transit. After 40 years, it's still broken.

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James Aloisi -- 'The time has come': Blue Hill Avenue deserves proposed bus transit upgrades -- The upgrades will improve transit access and pedestrian and vehicular safety along the route.

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A Boston veteran's 57-year journey to find peace -- Kevin Cullen shares the story of one Boston veteran who spent decades finding peace after a devastating experience in Vietnam.

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