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Officials gathered amid solar panels on a Maverick Landing roof after yesterday's Green Communities Initiative launch.
Officials gathered amid solar panels on a Maverick Landing roof after yesterday's Green Communities Initiative launch. (Globe Staff Photo / Pat Greenhouse) Globe Staff Photo / Pat Greenhouse
By Russell Nichols
Globe Correspondent / July 8, 2005

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At first glance, the new Maverick Landing public housing development in East Boston is impressive, with neat rows of brick buildings within walking distance of Boston Harbor. But there is nothing noticeably ''green" about the townhouse-style structures, until you spot the solar panels on the roofs. (Full article: 695 words)

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