Politics
The group seeking to bring the Olympics to Boston wants the state to "give up" its air rights at the site of the proposed Olympic Stadium, according to Gov. Charlie Baker.
Boston 2024, a non-profit seeking to make the city host to the Summer Games in nine... Read more
JFK: JFK-UMass station from above
If Boston wins the bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games – and if local elected officials can win enough political support – a $50 million upgrade would transform one of Dorchester’s key transportation hubs.
JFK/... Read more
The Boston Housing Authority has won federal approval to change the way it distributes housing units to senior citizens and disabled adults in the 36 elder-disabled apartment buildings owned by the city of Boston.
The approval came from the US Department... Read more
An automated phone poll of Massachusetts voters by a Florida firm found support for the complete elimination of the Pacheco law, which both branches of the Legislature suspended in part in the state budget delivered Wednesday to Gov. Charlie Baker.... Read more
Olympic Village plans envision replacing Kosciuszko Circle with new road system
Boston 2024’s Olympic Games organizers have proposed a $160 million publicly funded fix for the difficult-to-navigate and difficult-to-pronounce Kosciuszko Circle traffic... Read more
Legislators whose districts include key parcels in Boston’s bid to host the Olympic games are signaling early support for the new plans at the Athletes Village on Columbia Point that could couple with publicly funded transportation improvements.
At... Read more
If Boston wins its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, a $2.8 billion, privately-built Athletes Village will rise from Columbia Point, coupled with publicly-funded fixes for Kosciuszko Circle and the JFK/UMass MBTA Station.
The Athletes Village... Read more
The Boston Licensing Board decides Thursday whether to grant a liquor license for a proposed restaurant at the site of a long abandoned video store in Adams Corner in Dorchester.
Julian Bolger and Shawn Ahern, who operate several liquor-serving... Read more
The race for the Boston City Council continues to percolate as the field shifts ever so slightly with summer bearing down on the city.
The at-large field has thinned to a group of five, with Dorchester’s Annissa Essaibi George emerging as the lone... Read more
They’re appearing up and down Dorchester Avenue, the backbone of Boston’s largest neighborhood, and beginning to dot store fronts in businesses across the city.
You can spot one in the front window of Thuy’s Beauty Salon in Fields Corner, and another in... Read more
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