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Session #1 Concludes - Session #1 of the daytime Summer Program concluded last Friday with our Olympic Day celebration. Over 50 volunteers from the Attorney General’s Office were on hand to assist with ... Read more.

Boston’s Olympic flame–or the aspiration to light it in the summer of 2024–was extinguished on Monday afternoon when the US Olympic Committee and Boston 2024 announced that they would be jointly ending Boston’s bid to ... Read more.

The US Olympic Committee and Boston 2024 are dropping Boston as the nation's potential host city for the 2024 summer Olympics, ending a months-long debate over what Gov. Charlie Baker called a "ten-year drill" with major ... Read more.

UPDATE (3p.m)— Sources close to the Boston 2024 proposal confirm that the USOC will abandon plans to submit Boston as the host city for the 2024 Summer Games. Developing...

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Citing an unwillingness to sign-off on an agreement that could put taxpayer dollars on the line, Mayor Martin Walsh said today that the city of Boston no longer plans to pursue plans to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. ... Read more.

When he calls into the U.S. Olympic Committee on Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker will not alter his wait-and-see approach to the Boston Olympics bid, he said on his way out of the State House on Monday morning.

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Once billed as the most walkable Olympic Games, Boston 2024 is now pitching its proposal as the most underwritten.

"The risk management program is designed to minimize the possibility of costs being incurred by ... Read more.

Last week, two polls showed public support for the 2024 Games had barely increased. The US Olympic Committee (USOC) has made it clear that it wants to see public support pick up “relatively soon.”

“We’re going to ... Read more.

For teens who frequent Dorchester’s YMCA, summer is one of the most exciting times of the year.  The facility, located at 776 Washington St., offers numerous activities for teenagers at zero cost through its summer ... Read more.

Roughly 3,000 Boston teens have found employment this summer with more than 200 community organizations through the city’s Department of Youth Engagement and Employment (DYEE) and its SuccessLink online registration tool ... Read more.

Thursday (23rd) – Neighborhood Block Party at Leahy-Holloran Community Center, 1 Worrell St. from 5-7 p.m. The party, which will be held rain or shine, will offer a variety of free activities including a ... Read more.

On a given weekday evening, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester’s Colonel Daniel Marr facility on Deer Street teems with activity: basketballs ricochet off the floorboards of the gymnasium, squeals of laughter echo ... Read more.

Boston City Council President Bill Linehan on Wednesday blocked a move to immediately issue a subpoena to Boston 2024 after frustrated councilors called the group pushing to host the Olympics in Boston "arrogant" and ... Read more.

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