A Boston Water and Sewer Commission lawsuit looking to recoup money lost in a legislative move to block the sale of a Columbia Point property was dismissed by the state Appeals Court last week. The decision effectively upholds efforts by
MBTA General Manager Daniel Grabauskas on Monday criticized the Trinity Financial development company and ripped community perception that the transit agency has fumbled its commitments around the renovation of Ashmont Station and adjacent work. Grabauskas, less than five months into
Boston voters whittled the field for the City Council’s four at-large seats to eight candidates Tuesday, selecting council President Michael Flaherty as the top finisher, followed by Councillor Felix Arroyo, in a low-turnout preliminary election preceding the November 8 final.
Shortly after Linda Dorcena Forry’s election to the House of Representatives was assured by her March 15 primary win, leading figures in the city’s African-American political establishment met for a summit at the Hampton Inn on Massachusetts Avenue. Gifted with
The Ronan Park Multicultural Festival this year likely would have been marked with a somber tribute to John Beresford, who was killed there in May trying to stop a pair of muggers. Beresford had, after all, been one of an
A key link in the effort to remake the area around Ashmont Station suffered a significant setback last week, as state officials announced they would not deliver an integral piece of financing. While the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said the
With Boston voters still months away from turning their attention to it, the roster of candidates for the municipal elections this fall is sorting itself out, with mayoral and city council candidates turning in signatures in time for the May
After the Saturday morning shift at the post office in Fields Corner, Jim Trabucco was heading back to the home on Neponset Avenue where he’s lived since October of 1983, expecting not much in the way of change. Wrong. Flat
University of Massachusetts President Jack Wilson on Wednesday recommended to the school’s trustees that Michael F. Collins, former CEO of the Caritas Christi Health Care System, become chancellor of UMass-Boston, opting to shut out J. Keith Motley, who had served
Livid with a former neighbor they said sold them out, angry with a process they said shut them out, and concerned over a facility whose inhabitants’ identities will be guarded, Cedar Grove residents loudly voiced their opposition Tuesday to a
Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced his budget for the next fiscal year Wednesday, aiming to balance spiking costs with continued services in the city’s first ever $2 billion spending plan. While the city has looked recently for ways to bolster
The MBTA, which plans to close Uphams Corner Station for a year during renovation, met Tuesday with resistance from residents confused about the transit agency’s plans for replacement service. The Dudley Street station, slated to close May 1 for extensive
Diana Londono is going to college. The Fontbonne Academy senior is heading to Bay State College next year to study physical therapy and, at an accepted students’ workshop recently was filling out a sample class schedule when she spotted her
Rolling along seemingly faster than traffic on the avenue itself, a City Hall plan to rehaul Dorchester’s main artery met the public for the first time Saturday. The charrette, aimed at airing preliminary details and collecting residents’ ideas, attracted more
A top city official said the mayor’s office will oppose a plan to erect an 80-foot billboard in Port Norfolk, after residents complained. “We’re going to ask the board to deny that without prejudice,” City Hall policy chief Michael Kineavy
