Politics
Legislators whose districts include key parcels in Boston’s bid to host the Olympic games are signaling early support for the new plans at the Athletes Village on Columbia Point that could couple with publicly funded transportation improvements.
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If Boston wins its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, a $2.8 billion, privately-built Athletes Village will rise from Columbia Point, coupled with publicly-funded fixes for Kosciuszko Circle and the JFK/UMass MBTA Station.
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The Boston Licensing Board decides Thursday whether to grant a liquor license for a proposed restaurant at the site of a long abandoned video store in Adams Corner in Dorchester.
Julian Bolger and Shawn Ahern, who operate several liquor-serving... Read more
The race for the Boston City Council continues to percolate as the field shifts ever so slightly with summer bearing down on the city.
The at-large field has thinned to a group of five, with Dorchester’s Annissa Essaibi George emerging as the lone... Read more
They’re appearing up and down Dorchester Avenue, the backbone of Boston’s largest neighborhood, and beginning to dot store fronts in businesses across the city.
You can spot one in the front window of Thuy’s Beauty Salon in Fields Corner, and another in... Read more
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Sunday's Haitian Parade: Mayor Martin Walsh, center, led the Haitian Unity Parade on Sunday. The mayor met with a group of 250 Haitian community members in a forum held on Monday in Dorchester. Jeremiah Robinson/Mayor’s Office photo
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Ashmont Tire : City approval secured this week.
The city will provide funding for Harmon Apartments and Ashmont TOD II, two significant proposed housing developments in Ashmont, Mayor Martin Walsh announced on Monday.
In all, Walsh announced $39 million... Read more
This summer, the city will work with residents and businesses to begin upgrading and beautifying Mattapan Square with $500,000 secured from a state bond bill.
“It’s not just brick and mortar. It’s something that is sustainable and that public works and... Read more
Two big issues facing Boston's business community - the 2024 Olympics bid and the stalled expansion of New England's largest building - were virtual no-shows at a dinner Wednesday night where the city's titans of industry gathered and heard from principal... Read more
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