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
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
“It’s construction project after construction project,” said Ellen Swanberg, sounding a frequent complaint of motorists trying to navigate Dorchester’s primary commercial thoroughfare. She added, “You can’t get there from here.” Swanberg should know. A delivery driver for Coleen’s Flower Shop
Two of the state’s top transit officials said Tuesday that the MBTA will revise its Ashmont Station design plans rather than lobby the Legislature for new funds. Despite a community decision last month to try closing the station renovation’s $10
A string of recently-scheduled debates will give voters in Dorchester, Mattapan, Milton, and Hyde Park a chance to hear from the candidates to replace former House Speaker Thomas Finneran. Three events, set for Feb.16, Feb. 22, and March 10, are
Both of Dorchester’s long-serving city councillors are facing prospective opponents in the fall, as Charles Yancey has drawn a challenger and Maureen Feeney may be in the crosshairs. Jaha “Jay” Hughes, a landscaper from York Street in the Franklin Field
Discouraged transit advocates vowed to lobby anew for state funds, after politicians and MBTA officials told them Tuesday that unexpectedly high cost estimates have forced the T to consider delaying or scaling back the Ashmont Station renovation unless other fiscal
The Cedar Grove Civic Association endorsed the Members Plus Credit Union as the next tenant of the vacant Adams Corner Sovereign Bank property, at a contentious and well-attended Tuesday night meeting. More than 150 people, encouraged by different parties’ get-out-the-vote
Spiraling cost estimates for the Ashmont Station renovation could force MBTA designers to scale back the list of amenities and further delay the start of construction. Construction bids outpaced T construction cost estimates by a minimum of more than $10
