In the Boston Globe, Christine Wallgren reports that officials from 17 surrounding communities and two regional planning agencies will meet tomorrow with Gov. Deval Patrick's economic-development czar, Dan O'Connell, to ask that Patrick … [Read more...]

Kenney, who says Marshall had an earlier incarnation as "a Cape Verdean activist," wrote:Bingham say she remembers Marshall when he was in school with her children, "He wasn't an Indian then. He used to tease my kids and bully them because … [Read more...]

What does Marshall have to say about all this? "Repeated attempts to reach Marshall yesterday through a tribe spokesman and on his cell phone were unsuccessful," Brennan writes. "Tribe spokesman Scott Ferson said Marshall would have not … [Read more...]

The story continues:The tribe is now negotiating with Gates and his family for their land, said Wampanoag spokesman Scott Ferson."We hope to have an agreement in the next week or two," Ferson said.This, of course, would be the same … [Read more...]

Wallgren's story continued:Rejection of the idea of a casino in town would send a message to state and federal officials who must act on other aspects of the tribe's casino proposal."This way, people get to actually vote on whether they … [Read more...]

After casting their votes on the agreement and before the final tally was announced, the body, on a hand vote, ironically rejected a nonbinding question to approve casino gambling in town. Only about half the voters remained on the high … [Read more...]