Memories of a century of heroism and sacrifice fluttered throughout Meetinghouse Hill today as a large crowd of retired and active duty firefighters and their families gathered to usher in the future with a state-of-the-...
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A wave of around 50 elderly Boston homeowners swept through Senate offices Wednesday asking lawmakers to advance Mayor Michelle Wu's property tax plan, while a Boston councilor took the floor at City Hall a couple hours ... Read more.
Mayor Touts City Safety After Flynn Flags "Significant" Challenges
The number of workers returning to Boston offices in person increased 10 percentage points this year, nearly double the national ... Read more.
Launches debut album, ‘On Everything I Love’
On a warm evening in late July, about 80 people gathered in Dareales, a sneaker and clothing store on Dorchester Avenue, to hear the debut album of ... Read more.
As the famous saying goes, “We can’t direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” Politics is a lot like sailing, and Massachusetts’s 2024 Democratic primary was rough waters for a few elected officials.
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Six justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments on Mon., Oct. 7, on Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s push to force Milton to comply with a 2021 zoning law. It’s a case that the high court ... Read more.
US Rep. Ayanna Pressley said on Monday that a newly published report prepared by the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) should prompt her colleagues in government to take action on legislation she has crafted ... Read more.
Voters will soon decide whether to legalize plant-based psychedelic drugs in Massachusetts. A majority “yes” vote on Question 4 on the November ballot would approve the use of natural psychedelic substances, like ... Read more.
A MassINC Polling Group poll published on Monday showed that nearly 6 in 10 voters said they would pick Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, if the election were held at the time the survey was taken ( ... Read more.
On Sept. 9, Fontbonne Academy brought together current students and alumni, including members of the first graduating class, as it celebrated its 70th anniversary with a time capsule ceremony.
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UMass Boston and Bunker Hill Community College will launch a “new pathway” for students to transition to four-year college through a partnership agreement that will ease transfers and encourage collaboration between the ... Read more.
Kathy Kottaridis, a preservation professional with more than three decades of experience, will helm the city’s preservation initiatives as director of Boston’s Preservation Office, Mayor Wu announced this week. Her ... Read more.
The nomination period for the city’s third annual Legacy Business Awards is now open and will be through Friday, Nov. 1. Residents are encouraged to nominate long-standing businesses that have been located within Boston ... Read more.
Does it seem like your T ride is improving? It actually might be. More than two years after a federal investigation into the MBTA outlined a pattern of “systemic failures,” leadership unfamiliar with basic safety ... Read more.
Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center (STEC), the Dorchester facility that has served up tennis and life lessons to thousands of kids and adults over the last six decades, is halfway through its $12 million expansion ... Read more.
The long-time owner of a commercial building and static billboard in Mattapan Square has again filed for permission to convert the platform to a digital electronic billboard, with neighbors and some city leaders voicing ... Read more.
It wouldn’t be unusual to spot Anibal ‘Hannibal’ Chavez at 6 a.m. most days with a broom and dustpan cleaning the perimeter at one of the auto shops he owns at Victory Road and Adams Street; it’s a morning ritual ... Read more.
Derrick Ciesla, the head of school at Codman Academy Charter School since July 1, is a veteran Boston Public School leader who most recently led the Russell Elementary School. The 47-year-old educator has enlisted a team ... Read more.
This fall, with the hiring of Dr. Lori Wiggins, the Henderson Inclusion School joined the list of many Boston Public Schools welcoming a new school leader for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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After a summer hiatus, the Fields Corner Civic Association convened via Zoom on Sept.10 to tackle a busy agenda, but the main item was a leftover slice of business that dominated the meeting: the proposed opening of a ... Read more.
“The Department has made a finding that the Hospital is in fact an essential service necessary for preserving access and health status within the Hospital’s service area.” So said the Mass Department of Public Health ( ... Read more.
To the Editor:
I am saddened by the anger that is being directed toward a proposed new Papa John’s franchise business that wants to open in what has been a vacant storefront space in Fields Corner.
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A block party organized by a coalition of Bowdoin-Geneva organizations drew a big turnout to Rev. Allen Park last Friday (Sept. 6). The tenth annual CommUnity Day was co-sponsored by St. Peter’s Parish, the Cape Verdean ... Read more.
City leaders gathered in Keanna Rice’s backyard on Wilmington Ave. on Monday morning to announce plans to spend the final $7 million in federal pandemic relief funding on home-owning initiatives, rental programming, and ... Read more.
At a hearing on Sept. 12, four days after an article in The Economist hailed Boston as the “safest big city in America,” District 4 (Dorchester/Mattapan) City Councillor Brian Worrell was focused on the state of a smaller ... Read more.
Lan Le hasn’t seen Vietnam in this century.
Now 52, she left her native land in the post-war chaos of the late 1970s and survived the horrors of a refugee camp in Macau before settling in Boston in 1981. With her ... Read more.
