You are conflating two unrelated procedures. And the people have surrendered themselves to the system voluntarily. They would say that a random motel is an improvement in their condition.

In the sense that they are under court order their autonomy is limited. Those claiming asylum because of the horrific conditions in the old country have a date on which they appear in front of a court to argue their case. They are released but it is understood that they are assetless so housing is arranged. The housing on the border being full up they are legally by the book shuffled off to other locales. We’re all one country you know, immigrants are a Massachusetts problem too. So these people are pretty much free range until their court date for which the vast majority do appear because they don’t want to screw up their one chance at the Golden Ticket. All of this is an insane way to handle the problem but the Republicans have been screwing over any reform since Reagan, all while conditions fester South of us because of all the billions in drug money we send them.

‘On the Mark’ archery runs an outdoor meet and teach and practice, at Gore Place in Watertown. Sporadic. See their site.

On the other side of the sheet of paper.

No.

Not alphabetical at all. The boxes are sorted by office. You the voter are supposed to choose R, D or other, sometimes. This is a general election ballot, not a party primary.

It’s history, it’s life, of course there’s confusion. GM-Pax for instance, used the term ‘ town was annexed by’. That simple phrase carries a freighting of racism, class warfare and religious bigotry. You could look it up, it’ll make you feel better about todays troubles.

The payday loans of the time. Financially unwise but necessary.

Jordan Marsh had the blueberry muffins in its cafe. Recipe is available on YouTube. Fairly easy recipe if you’ve got a bowl, a mixing spoon, and a muffin tin. Could do it in a cast iron skillet, as a cake.

The term of art for these is ‘hollow sidewalks’. Wherein the basement of a building extends out under the sidewalk so don’t park your great big truck on it. Might fall through.