TERROR ATTACK IN BRITAIN A homemade device exploded on an Underground train, injuring at least 29 people. The Islamic State said one of its affiliates was responsible. World, 7.
RED SOX, YANKEES FINED Boston was penalized for using an Apple Watch in stealing opponents’ signs, while New York received a lesser penalty for a 2016 violation. Sports.
CHARGES IN I-93 SHOOTING A reputed gang member was accused of firing at a man and his father on the highway, then killing a woman hours later in Dorchester. Metro, 2.
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Officials tout Suffolk Downs for Amazon bid Site’s size, location meet e-commerce giant’s needs for second headquarters By Tim Logan and Jon Chesto GLOBE STAFF
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Karen Kimball Maslow’s father bought Salt Island in 1959 and kept it open to the public. Now, she and her siblings are selling.
A gem — or a rock FOR $750,000, SALT ISLAND COULD BE YOURS. It’s picturesque, and right near the beach in Gloucester. But developing the island might be next to impossible. So why is the family asking so much for it? By Billy Baker GLOBE STAFF
LOUCESTER — In 1959, a man from Winchester named James Kimball achieved one of the all-time great real estate fantasies. He bought an island. But Kimball’s goal was not seclusion; it was inclusion. For $2,000, Kimball purchased Salt Island — a 5-acre mound of granite so close to Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester that you can walk there at low tide — to preserve it and make it open to the public.
The island is little more than jagged rocks, poison ivy, and aggressive sea gulls, but it was beloved by Kimball — who spent his childhood summers in a house on Briar Neck overlooking it — and he was so true to his mission of keeping it open and accessible that few people over the years knew that it was privately owned. That is until Kimball died, in 2010. In the seven years since, the story of Salt Island has been complicated by familial drama, upset neighbors, and a real estate deal with a conservation group that fell apart partly because of beach SALT ISLAND, Page 11
Criticized, Harvard disinvites Manning Dean says offering fellowship was mistake By Deirdre Fernandes GLOBE STAFF
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Chelsea Manning’s title as visiting fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government lasted less than 48 hours. The school’s dean, Douglas W. Elmendorf, revoked the invitation to the Army intelligence analyst-
turned-whistle-blower early Friday morning and said the school had made a mistake in offering her a prestigious fellowship position. Harvard’s initial invitation to Manning had drawn considerable criticism and anger, including from CIA Director Mike Pompeo. But the quick reversal brought a fresh wave
of protest from new quarters on Friday. “Chelsea Manning viewed herself as a whistle-blower. I happen to disagree with that point of view, but it is an issue worth debating,” said P.J. Crowley, a former assistant secretary of state and a fellow at George Washington University. “This is what academia is supposed to do.” MANNING, Page 11
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A boost for sanctuary cities A judge ruled that Attorney General Jeff Sessions can’t withhold grants. Nation, 11.
Park School settles bias claim
Suffolk Downs is emerging as a leading site among city officials as they put together a bid for Amazon.com Inc.’s second headquarters. The soon-to-close East Boston horse track meets many of the needs the e-commerce giant says it wants for a campus that could be as large as 8 million square feet and eventually be home to up to 50,000 employees. At 161 acres, the old track prop- ºBoston can erty is big enough. It’s served afford to lose by two MBTA Blue Line stops this bidding minutes from downtown and war, writes Logan Airport. And with a Evan Horowitz. new owner already planning Business, 8. redevelopment, the spot could be ready for construction in time to meet Amazon’s 2019 start date. Those factors have prompted local political leaders to start focusing on Suffolk Downs as a key element of their proposal, which must be submitted to Amazon by Oct. 19. House Speaker Robert DeLeo, who represents neighboring Winthrop, is publicly touting the site. Boston officials say they are still weighing other locations, but acknowledge that Suffolk Downs appears to have most of what Amazon wants. SUFFOLK DOWNS, Page 10
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Sunk by Web, Vt. retail hub has to sell itself anew
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ANCHESTER, Vt. — In the twilight of the 1970s, as a new decade dawned, Lana Hauben and her husband, Ben, stood in the middle of this picture-postcard New England village, and the native New Yorkers saw something no one else did. It was nothing less than the retail equivalent of Brigadoon. “Ben said, ‘Isn’t this 57th Street and 5th Avenue?’ ’’ Lana Hauben recalled. He had a vision, Hauben said, but “the town was very unreceptive to New Yorkers changing this town.’’ But change would come to Manchester. Now, it’s coming again. The Haubens presided over the Manchester Designer Outlets, some 40 stores sprinkled throughout this town of 4,400 nestled into a breathtaking valley between FARRAGHER, Page 10
Agreement includes improved access for those with disabilities By Michael Levenson
Downtown attacks
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Three women and a man were stabbed in Downtown Crossing. Metro, 4.
Stanton dies Actor Harry Dean Stanton, a cult favorite with memorable roles in “Paris, Texas” and “Repo Man,” was 91. Obituaries in Sports, 11.
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Harper Oates, shown with her mother, Dawn, uses a wheelchair because she was born with a spinal cord injury.
The prestigious Park School in Brookline violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and discriminated against a 4-year-old girl who uses a wheelchair when it denied her admission without properly assessing whether it could accommodate her, the US attorney’s office said Friday. As part of a settlement with federal prosecutors, the elite private school agreed to provide children with disabilities an equal opportunity to attend and to not apply any application or eligibility criteria that screen out such children. The 129-year-old school also agreed to train admissions staff and remove architectural barriers to ensure the school is accessible to children with disabilities. No fine or financial penalty was imposed, and the school was not required to admit Harper Oates, the girl who was at the center of the inves-
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Mark Lenza says tenants in buildings he manages are reporting weak sales.
‘Today, if you know what you need, you go to Amazon and buy it.’ PAM DANZIGER, president of the Pennsylvania-based Unity Marketing