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  2. Scollay Square - Wikipedia

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    Scollay Square, Decoration Day, 19th century (after September 1880) Scollay Square (c. 1838–1962) was a vibrant city square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It was named for William Scollay, a prominent local developer and militia officer who bought a landmark four-story merchant building at the intersection of the Cambridge and Court ...

  3. Metro International - Wikipedia

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    Metro International is a Swedish media company based in Luxembourg that publishes freesheet newspaper, the Metro. [1] This newspaper is primarily intended for city commuters in business areas. The company was founded by Per Andersson and started as a subsidiary of the Modern Times Group along with Viasat Broadcasting.

  4. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston - Wikipedia

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    The Archdiocese of Boston encompasses Essex County, Middlesex County, Norfolk County, and Suffolk County in Massachusetts. It includes most of Plymouth County except for the towns of Marion, Mattapoisett, and Wareham . As of 2018, the archdiocese had 284 parishes with 617 diocesan priests and 275 permanent deacons.

  5. Third rail - Wikipedia

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    A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.

  6. Springfield metropolitan area, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Area code. 413. GDP. $30 billion USD [1] GDP per capita. $48,505. The Springfield metropolitan area, also known as Greater Springfield, is a region that is socio-economically and culturally tied to the City of Springfield, Massachusetts. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget defines the Springfield, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as ...

  7. North–South Rail Link - Wikipedia

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    The North–South Rail Link would close a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) gap at the center of the regional rail network. The North–South Rail Link (NSRL) was a proposed rail tunnel, or pair of tunnels, that would connect North Station and South Station in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, linking rail networks that serve the city's northern suburbs, New ...

  8. Big Dig - Wikipedia

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    The Big Dig was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the then elevated Central Artery of Interstate 93 that cut across Boston into the O'Neill Tunnel and built the Ted Williams Tunnel to extend Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport. Those two projects were the origin of the official name, the Central Artery/Tunnel Project ( CA/T Project ).

  9. Metro TV (Indonesian TV network) - Wikipedia

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    Metro TV (Indonesian TV network) Media Group office in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta, the headquarters of Metro TV. PT Media Televisi Indonesia, operating as Metro TV, is an Indonesian free-to-air television news network based in West Jakarta. It was established on November 25, 2000, and now has over 52 relay stations all over the country. [2]