With the 2026 midterms fast approaching, Massachusetts residents will soon vote on a little-known position that nearly single-handedly controls the fate of the state’s judicial system — the Governor’s Council.
One candidate for District 4, which encompasses much of...
Every year, Greeks around the world spend March 25 with family, eating a traditional Lenten meal of salted cod and garlic mashed potatoes, to celebrate Greek Independence Day.
While parades are held in Athens on the day itself, many cities in the United States gather one month...
Miniard Culpepper became District 7’s city councilor last November, working for constituents from Roxbury to the South End.
Since the election, Culpepper moderated a hearing March 23 regarding academic institutions’ lack of transparency in Boston, including Northeastern....
Seven artists and six nonprofit organizations are finally getting the chance to tell their story, funded by a grant from the Asian Community Fund at The Boston Foundation, a community foundation.
The Asian Community Fund, or ACF, and its Asian American Pacific Islander, or...
Carly Hopkins, a rising third-year biology major, sits with two peers at a small corner table in Oakleaf Cakes Bake Shop on Westland Avenue. They each sip lattes and share biology notes in preparation for their exam, while across the shop, employees frost fresh cupcakes and slide...
Around a dozen people rallied outside the Boston Public Library April 28 to protest Gov. Maura Healey’s proposed social media legislation, which they said puts users’ sensitive personal data at risk.
Activists pointed to a Massachusetts House Bill, passed April 8, prohibiting...
“Call a Boomer” was the phrase written in bold blue lettering on a payphone located in front of Pavement Coffeehouse on Boston University’s campus. And the phone did just that, connecting users directly to an apartment complex for older adults in Reno, Nev.
The phone...
On a Friday night in Fields Corner, customers fill every seat at JustBook-Ish. Families, elders, children and friends pack themselves into the snug space, eager for the competitive night of slam poetry ahead.
“We like to think of this as a community meal: We come to get...
More than 200 demonstrators gathered in Boston Common at 4:30 p.m. May 1 to commemorate International Workers’ Day, known in the United States as May Day.
Labor union members, political organizers, students and more gathered around Parkman Bandstand for around two hours...
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA, announced May 6 that Symphony Station on the Green Line E branch will be closed for nearly three years for accessibility upgrades starting in June.
Symphony Station will be closed for “safety and accessibility upgrades,”...
This summer, new trees and green infrastructure will take root in the city, funded by the 2026 Boston Tree Alliance Program’s Tree Planting and Care Grant.
In partnership with Mass Audubon, the largest nature-based conservation organization in New England, the City of...
More than 500,000 spectators waving pompoms, clanging cowbells and holding signs cheered on the nearly 31,700 runners participating in the 130th Boston Marathon April 20.
The course, which begins in Hopkinton and runs through several towns in eastern Massachusetts, ends...
