[Simulation of the future Green Line through Somerville]
SOMERVILLE—The Green Line extension and its changes will not be stopped. "But Curtatone is prepared to play public policy hardball to facilitate Union Square's reinvention. If necessary, Somerville will use eminent domain to take certain parcels slated for redevelopment—paying the owners fair market value and assuming control of the property, whether or not they actually want to sell." [WGBH]
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HUB-WIDE—It joins weekday service from Lynn: "The MBTA announced it will launch weekend commuter boat service for the first time between Hingham and Boston later this month, officials said. The service, which will run between May 24 and Columbus Day weekend, will make 14 round trips each Saturday and Sunday between Hingham and Boston's Long Wharf." [Globe]