Next New England

This week, immigrants and the mayor of Boston react to President Trump’s executive actions on immigration. Plus, people in mental health crises are getting stuck in emergency rooms, sometimes for days. We consider two very different Boston-area squares that are experiencing gentrification. And finally, the New England accent that time forgot. The Abbott Building, 5 JFK Street at Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts (seen here in 2010), has been bought by the investment firm Equity One. The firm plans to turn the Abbott and two adjacent properties into a mall, but is facing opposition from locals. Photo by Daderot via Creative Commons Boston Mayor Pledges to Protect Immigrants; Rutland Welcomes First Syrian Refugees This week’s announcements and executive orders by President Donald Trump on immigration have worried many residents of New England — those here without documentation, and those who run so-called “sanctuary cities.” In one executive order, Trump followed through with h