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What Are Your Hopes For Markey in the Senate?

What should happen to the Boston Redevelopment Authority?

Good morning, Back Bay! Here are five things you need to know today, Wednesday, July 17:

1. SENATOR MARKEY: After spending nearly four decades in the lower chamber of the U.S. Legislature, Edward Markey of Malden was sworn in Tuesday as the junior U.S. senator from the commonwealth of Massachusetts. What are you hoping to see from Markey in the Senate? Leave your thoughts below.

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2. SHOULD THE B.R.A. GO AWAY?: What do City Council at-large seat candidates think about the Boston Redevelopment Authority and its future? See what they had to say here

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4. THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Disneyland, Walt Disney's metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy, and futurism, opens on July 17, 1955. The $17 million theme park was built on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, Calif., and soon brought in staggering profits. Today, Disneyland hosts more than 14 million visitors a year, who spend close to $3 billion. Information courtesy of History.com.

5. TODAY'S FORECASTMostly sunny, hot and humid with highs in the lower-90s. Partly cloudy tonight, humid with lows around 75.


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