Are the state officials charged with running the Morrissey Commission serious about getting the public’s input as they study ways to improve the boulevard and Kosciuszko Circle? Judging from how it’s been run to date, the answer is: Not really.
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The newly seated Boston City Council made a unanimous decision last week to elect Ruthzee Louijeune to lead the... Read more
“Jesus” died last week.
Not the historic Jesus of Nazareth, the man who, Christians believe, died and then rose from his grave a few days later. I... Read more
The Industry Bar & Grill, a popular dining option in Adams Village, will serve its last cocktail and crab cakes on Thursday (Dec. 28). The 151-seat eatery and bar, which opened to much acclaim in July 2017, has been sold to a new owner, who will... Read more
And the award for the most overblown and ridiculous non-news story of the year goes to… you guessed it: the Boston holiday party story that quickly spread ‘round the world. The white grievance machine went into hyper-drive last week over a two-hour... Read more
Can city and state officials finally get coordinated — and stay focused— on finalizing and funding the improvements needed to modernize Morrissey Boulevard? Can they deliver a budget-ready package on deadline? Those are the key questions that a newly... Read more
Please allow for a few first-draft observations as the dust settles from the 2023 City Council election.
It will be tempting to frame the ’23 municipal cycle as a “change election”— and Tuesday’s results will give some credence to that narrative... Read more
Five “sister” Senators from South Carolina –Katrina Shealy, ... Read more
MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng is shown during a September visit to JFK-UMass... Read more
Carney Hospital President Stan McLaren spoke in St. Gregory’s gym on Tuesday evening. Bill Forry photo
Stan McLaren, the president of Carney Hospital... Read more
Are you feeling upbeat and optimistic about the future? Too prone, perhaps, to smiling? Sleeping well... Read more
Much of the fallout from last week’s City Council election has been focused on the defeats of two incumbent district city councillors – Ricardo Arroyo and Kendra Lara – and rightfully so. Never before had any incumbents been bounced by voters in the... Read more
Even as we prepare to celebrate a milestone moment in this newspaper’s history, the Reporter family is mourning a sudden loss this... Read more
Brian Donnelly, the Lower Mills guy from St Gregory’s parish who served six years as a Dorchester state rep and fourteen years as a member of Congress, will be memorialized this month when the Irish Cultural Centre gathers to present the first “Brian... Read more
Bostonians are a resilient lot. We take pride in celebrating together with large public events that become beloved traditions. And we defy those who disrupt and endanger these traditions with outrageous acts of lawlessness and violence by carrying on... Read more
