Civics
Mayor Walsh launched Boston 311, a non-emergency service hotline and platform that aims to streamline residents’ access to city services. The system has been adopted by many major cities across the country, including New York, Baltimore, and Los Angeles... Read more
David Cotter is ready to be up all night – answering calls, listening to concerns, and, ideally, not rushing to the scene of too many fires. The 23-year-old Savin Hill native is the new Dorchester Coordinator for the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood... Read more
Steven Julien-Stewart, left, and Anthony Dabney, right, who lives in an apartment at 200 Hancock St. with his 11 year-old son, spoke out at a rally last Saturday. Tenants are upset that the owner has raised rents without making improvements to the... Read more
Mayor Martin Walsh and his administration have an opportunity to flip their disappointment over the demise of the Boston 2024 bid into a robust, thoughtful, and efficient execution of large-scale redevelopment in Boston.
But rather than focus first on... Read more
Ask any couple that has gone from summer fling to serious courtship to the altar. All the stars have to align for it to happen and for it to last.
From the beginning, this pairing of Boston and the Olympics was a star-crossed match. The bid was always a... Read more
Mayor Martin Walsh convened a press conference on Monday to announce he would not sign a taxpayer guarantee for the proposed Boston 2024 Games without seeing the text of the agreement first. At left, he is joined by Sara Myerson, executive director of the... Read more
2 Butler Street: Mayor Walsh will move into this Victorian home on Butler Street later this summer, sources confirm.
(Updated: Sat., July 25) — Mayor Martin Walsh has purchased a stately Victorian home in the Lower Mills and will relocate there from his... Read more
Add one more regulatory headache to the laundry list facing Boston 2024’s proposed Athletes Village in Columbia Point: Turns out that Kosciuszko Circle, the traffic rotary Boston 2024 wants to convert into a four-way signalized intersection, is on the... Read more
JFK: JFK-UMass station from above
If Boston wins the bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games – and if local elected officials can win enough political support – a $50 million upgrade would transform one of Dorchester’s key transportation hubs.
JFK/... Read more
The Boston Housing Authority has won federal approval to change the way it distributes housing units to senior citizens and disabled adults in the 36 elder-disabled apartment buildings owned by the city of Boston.
The approval came from the US Department... Read more
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