Ed Coppinger - Massachusetts State Representative

On Jan. 3, the MBTA announced two different proposals to raise fares and cut service to combat a $161 million budget gap. Both proposals that the MBTA outlined would severely impact MBTA service around the state, but Brookline, and particularly South Brookline, would be hit especially hard. While I understand that fares may need to be raised and that some service cuts may be necessary, the MBTA should reconsider its plans to shutter the 51 and 60 buses.

State Rep. Ed Coppinger and Leader Bank donated 90 wreaths to decorate the West Roxbury business district.

When West Roxbury’s Keith Barry, an IBEW Local 103 electrician, saw that no Christmas wreaths had been put up along Centre Street in West Roxbury this year, he decided to take action last week. Calling his longtime friend state Rep. Ed Coppinger to complain about the situation, Coppinger acknowledged that he had heard from others upset about the lack of decorations.

State Representatives Carlos Henriquez and Edward Coppinger co-sponsored legislation to raise the dropout age in Boston from 16 to 18.

The night was a throwback to the 1980s when there were Harry Truman Society Election Eve Rallies every year, a tradition that West Roxbury District Councilor Matt O’Malley and state Rep. Ed Coppinger, D-West Roxbury, have promised to start up again..