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More than 300 people turned out for the city of Boston’s first public meeting about the summer Olympic games in 2024 at Suffolk University last Thursday night (Feb. 5) as organizers made their case for a bid that is still ... Read more.

Friday (13th) – Fiddlehead Theatre Company’s production of The Wiz opens at the Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Rd., Dorchester. Ease on down the road with the beloved rock musical directed and costumed by ... Read more.

Of all the region’s troubled rail transportation networks, the trolley line extension to Mattapan perhaps is faring the worst when it comes to service in the midst of historic snowfall amounts.

Passenger service on ... Read more.

The Boston Police Department reports putting C-11 Lt. John Earley on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into a crash early Wednesday involving his personal vehicle and a backhoe removing snow at Spring and ... Read more.

“How are you doing?” asked Department of Public Works supervisor Daniel Nee to a woman shoveling on Rock Terrace early Tuesday afternoon.

“Miserable!” she shouted back. “I’ve been shoveling all day. It’s such a ... Read more.

On Tuesday morning, about three hours before he was scheduled to step up to the microphones yet again for a press conference about his least favorite subject – snow – Mayor Martin Walsh is readying himself for a slow ... Read more.

Service on the Braintree branch of the Red Line will be suspended again on Thursday, according to the MBTA. With snow on Red Line tracks, service on the Braintree section of the Red Line was suspended on Wednesday, ... Read more.

UPDATED 4:30 p.m.:

The city of Boston is in the throes of a historic bout of snow and it shows little sign of letting up, officials say.

Mayor Martin Walsh encouraged residents to stay off the city streets ... Read more.

Record-breaking snowfall totals are stressing roofs across Massachusetts, hurting retailers and eating into time Gov. Charlie Baker expected would be spent on his first state budget proposal and other aspects of leading ... Read more.

More than 300 people turned out for the city of Boston’s first public meeting about the summer Olympic games in 2024 at Suffolk University on Thursday night as organizers made their case for a bid that is still being ... Read more.

The MBTA issued a warning to commuters today that sub-zero temperatures tonight and tomorrow will likely wreak more havoc on the already beleaguered subway lines. And, as the region prepares for another winter storm early ... Read more.

Late-night MBTA service that is being offered through a pilot program will extend beyond its planned March end date, running at least through June 19, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack told officials Thursday. ... Read more.

Wanted in connection with Shawmut gunfire

Transit Police are investigating what they are calling "targeted" gunfire Wednesday morning at the Shawmut Red Line station.

Police say gunfire erupted around 11:50 a.m., but that nobody was hit.

They ... Read more.

With Olympics boosters touting existing and planned transportation infrastructure in Greater Boston as sufficient to handle the international sporting contest, a transportation advocate says the bid documents ... Read more.

Many Boston actors dream of going to New York and making it big on Broadway. But for the upcoming revival of the hit musical “The Wiz,” presented by the Fiddlehead Theatre Company (FTC) at the Strand, the direction of ... Read more.

Some are lifelong Bostonians with roots dug deep into the firmament of neighborhood life. Some are new to town, lured in by college, and “enchanted” by the wonders of a vibrant American city.

All of them are under ... Read more.

Thursday (5th) – “Fresh Paint ” at Milton Acupuncture, 1197 Adams St., Dorchester featuring original plein air and studio paintings by Dorchester’s own Vincent Crotty. 
5 – 8 p.m.
 with wine by Esprit Du ... Read more.

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