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MBTA riders can expect shuttle buses to replace train service on the Red Line for nine weekends beginning in September and running through December as winter resiliency work takes place, MBTA officials said last week. The MBTA Fiscal Management and... Read more
Mice, cockroaches, mold, shut-off heat, no electricity, jammed doors, open gasoline canisters. This is what we live with, said the tenants of several dilapidated Dorchester and Mattapan properties as they loudly protested on Monday evening week against... Read more
The city of Boston launched a redesigned web portal on Wednesday, aiming to steer traffic through action-oriented webpages, create a more mobile-friendly layout and provide multiple language options. "The launch of the new website marks a meaningful step... Read more
Mayor Martin Walsh is geared up to be one of the featured speakers at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia next week, he told reporters Wednesday morning. Speaking outside of the Dorchester Brewing Company after the brewery’s ribbon cutting... Read more
(Updated Wed., July 20)— As news on a new agreement to sell the 16-acre Boston Globe property on Morrissey Boulevard continues to break, car magnate Herb Chambers – who owns an abutting property that could prove to be a lynchpin in still-emerging... Read more
One of the pieces of legislation Gov. Charlie Baker tapped as among his priority bills for the waning days of formal sessions -- a package of municipal government and finance reforms -- inched closer to his desk after clearing the Senate Wednesday evening... Read more
The thousands of active gas leaks in the city of Boston were again on the table at a City Council hearing Tuesday afternoon as experts and residents weighed in on an ordinance proposed by City Councillor Matt O’Malley that seeks to eliminate the leaks. O... Read more
Mayor Martin Walsh hosted a ‘Mondays with the Mayor’ town hall this week at the Richard J. Murphy School in Neponset where he and residents discussed, among other things, the city-wide development boom, investments in parks and libraries, and neighborhood... Read more
Some of the city-owned parcels speckling Boston have stood vacant for decades, unused and frequently described as “missing teeth” in the face of a neighborhood. New hope for those properties is on hand, the Walsh administration says, through a program... Read more
Aides who handled Boston City Hall's tourism and intergovernmental relations portfolios pled not guilty Tuesday to federal charges they extorted a music festival early in Boston Mayor Marty Walsh's administration. Without naming the festival in the... Read more

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