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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 for the rest of the day Monday and the entire... Read more
New details emerge on Columbia Point, Franklin Park impacts
Proponents of Boston 2024’s Olympic bid outlined elements of the presentation that won the city a seat at the international table last month during a press conference held at the Boston... Read more
Boston 2024 and other Olympics bid supporters have made transparency a major part of their public messaging, but have released little information about the bid that helped them prevail over competitors before the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Ahead of a... Read more
Boston’s bid to secure the 2024 summer Olympic games won the US committee’s nod last Thursday— a significant victory for proponents of the idea, most notably Mayor Martin Walsh, who has become the most prominent public face of the effort. Walsh trumpeted... Read more
Dr. J. Keith Motley
If advocates are ultimately successful in bringing the 2024 Olympic Games to Boston, Dorchester’s own Columbia Point neighborhood would likely play a major role in the event, with the former Bayside Expo Center site —owned by UMass... Read more
Boston Public Schools officials expressed hope Monday night that the new superintendent will be selected and seated by the beginning of July.
The timeline was laid out at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School during the final public meeting of this... Read more
Next week, as Mayor Martin Walsh steps to the mic to deliver his first-ever State of the City address, he’ll have a laundry list of policy initiatives to roll out. Watch for one of them to be a renewed push to get all four-year old Bostonians enrolled in... Read more
Schoolchildren in 20 select Boston Public Schools will get an additional 40 minutes of instructional time starting next fall if a deal hammered out between the Walsh administration and union leaders is ratified by teachers and the Boston School Committee... Read more
Robert Kraft, New England Patriots Chairman and CEO and New England Patriots players visited Edward Everett Elementary School in Dorchester on Monday to give the school grant money to build a new playground and make improvements in the school’s meal... Read more
Lawmakers who support a program that brings students from Boston and Springfield to suburban school districts are "troubled" by Gov. Deval Patrick's $287,000 cut to the program, part of the governor's efforts to respond to a projected $329 million state... Read more
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