BACK BAY/SOUTH END/FENWAY—Nstar would like you to know that it will not be paying damages related to the Great Blackout of '12: “'If it’s a normal situation, we do not typically, when there is an outage, provide for losses,' Thomas May, the top official of the utility, said in an interview. 'We do not typically do it for an event that lasts for a day, a day and a half. ... People normally have their own insurance.'" [Boston.com]
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NEEDHAM—A bit off our beaten path but David Bates charts the American Dream in one of the cleanest, coolest ways we've seen in a while. [Real Estate Report]
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