Last Saturday, the first-ever Emerald Necklace Parkfest spanned seven parks across Boston with free games, performances and more. The Emerald Necklace Conservancy, a nonprofit stewardship organization that maintains the parks, hosted the event in celebration of Frederick Law...
Divided by Massachusetts Avenue, Chester Square Park consists of two halves of shaded green space, complete with fountains and benches. The park was the site of the Mass Ave Coalition’s Fall Festival on Sept. 18, described by organizer Carol Blair as “a festival like no other.”
The...
For the past six Sundays, Boston’s iconic location for shopping, dining and everything in between has been car-free with the city’s sixth annual Open Newbury Street. Newbury Street is located in Back Bay, and the event’s perimeters span from Berkeley Street to Massachusetts...
Alyssa Fell, Deputy City Editor
• September 7, 2022
Northeastern’s campus is home to both the E branch of the Green Line and the Ruggles Station stop on the Orange Line. On an average day, students are bustling in and out of subways and streetcars. But, as of Aug. 19, students and Boston residents have had to put their train...
While college students are spending their last few weeks of summer preparing to move into Boston, local businesses are preparing for move-in as well.
From fall to spring, Boston is a bustling college town, with almost three dozen universities in the city. As of 2018, around...
One Northeastern professor has a plan to beautify and protect Boston’s shoreline from rising sea levels: a series of public walkways, built upon artificial marshes designed to prevent flooding.
Julia Hopkins, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering,...
Chants for reproductive rights echoed through the Boston Common May 3 as thousands of demonstrators came together to protest the likely overturning of Roe v. Wade.
The rally, which was organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Boston Liberation Center and more...
A white classic colonial style building on St. Stephen Street in Boston's Fenway district holds some of the most innovative and collaborative work for the blind community.
The National Braille Press, or NBP, creates braille resources for blind people in the United States...
Scientists, politicians and activists gathered for a virtual town hall April 21 organized by People’s Action to discuss how medical companies like Moderna are posing challenges to achieving global vaccination against COVID-19.
“Share Science, End COVID: What We Need To...
