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City officials and the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) have moved to slow down the planned renovation of White Stadium in Franklin Park amid public pushback on the pace and scope of the project. For one ... Read more.

After a long grassroots push for better and more affordable public transportation, the MBTA will offer systemwide fare discounts for low-income riders as early as this summer, pending final approval from the agency’s ... Read more.

The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination has ordered Stash's Pizza, Blue Hill Avenue at Columbia Road, to pay a customer $105,000 for the racist tirade ... Read more.

Mayor Wu says a snow emergency will go into effect on Monday at 10p.m. as Boston braces for a winter storm that could dump up to a foot of snow on the city on Tuesday. Boston Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday, ... Read more.

Angered over the serious financial challenges at Steward Health Care that could jeopardize the future of safety net hospitals in eastern Massachusetts, top House Democrats insisted Thursday they will not bail out the ... Read more.

Members of the Latin Academy swim team celebrated their big win in the Boston City League championship held on Thursday, Feb. 1.  The Dragons won 7 of the 11 events and the MVP award was presented to Melinda Field (inset ... Read more.

The Honorable Justin A. Petty was installed as the Grand Master of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge last Saturday (Feb. 3) at William E. Reed Auditorium in Dorchester. The Masonic lodge is the oldest Black organization of its ... Read more.

One classroom of fourth graders at UP Academy Dorchester on Westville Street celebrated a win this winter when a name they submitted for a snowplow was chosen as a winner in a MassDOT contest.

For the second year, ... Read more.

Mayor Wu and the City’s Equity & Inclusion Cabinet are providing various ways that residents, families, and visitors can celebrate Black History Month across the city. The list includes a series of programs, some of ... Read more.

When Boston Public School students and their families got free admission to several of Boston’s cultural institutions last Sunday (Feb. 4), it marked the launch of a pilot program called BPS Sundays, which will run on the ... Read more.

Concerns about the lack of progress made by a state-run commission charged with planning improvements to the Morrissey Boulevard corridor filled the air at Monday evening’s meeting of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic ... Read more.

A long-awaited $32 million public works project aimed at improving safety and access along Cummins Highway will begin by mid-April, according to city officials who briefed members of the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood ... Read more.

Khamari has always been a lover of music. 

In his days as an adolescent growing up off Blue Hill Ave., the singer, born Khamari Barnes, played instruments ranging from the guitar to the French horn. An alumnus of ... Read more.

The Polish American Citizens Club on Boston Street held its annual installation of officers for the first time since 2019 last Wednesday, Jan. 31. The session marked a continuation of the trend toward bringing back old ... Read more.

The man in charge of Franklin Park Zoo is sounding the alarm on the White Stadium review process and calling on the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) to delay any approvals.

“We are not suggesting the ... Read more.

A proposed zoning amendment that targets White Stadium is drawing concern from several activists and organizations as a related plan to re-purpose the city facility for use by a professional soccer team continues to work ... Read more.

MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng said he welcomes discussions about re-casting the Red Line tunnel cap as an extension of the existing tunnel cap pathway from Melville Avenue to Shawmut Station and down to Centre Street ... Read more.

The Boston City Council in recent years has not always been known for reaching amiable agreements on high-profile policy debates. But when it comes to a nearly $800 million higher education funding proposal that Beacon ... Read more.

The Neponset River Watershed Association hosts a special ‘King Tide’ program at Tenean Beach in Dorchester on Sat., Feb. 10, at 10:30 a.m. to observe the tidal flooding and its impacts and discuss ways to remediate them. ... Read more.

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