Dennis White, who was sworn in as Boston police commissioner after the sudden retirement of William Gross, has been placed on administrative leave pending investigation into domestic assault allegations from 1999.  White was appointed as acting police commissioner Jan. 29...

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s appointment as labor secretary in President Joe Biden’s cabinet is likely to leave a rare, open mayoral race in a city where an incumbent mayor hasn’t lost in 72 years. The race will not only be complicated by a large field of candidates, but...

Enbridge Inc., an international energy transportation company, announced in October 2020 the delayed beginning of operation of the gas compressor station in Weymouth. This announcement came after the station had two emergency shutdowns in September, which caused the unplanned...

William Gross will retire this Friday, Jan. 29, after being appointed August of 2018 as Boston’s first Black police commissioner, Mayor Walsh announced Thursday morning.  Dennis White currently serves as a superintendent in the department and chief of staff to the commissioner....

Aug. 15 is a day that Aria Carpenter will never forget. With her fellow workers supporting her, she staged a walkout at Brookline’s Good Vibrations, a sex toy retailer focused on sex-positive education and LGBTQ+ inclusivity. The action led to a six-week-long strike and a quest...

City Council President Kim Janey is in position to become the first Black person and first woman to serve as mayor of Boston.  According to Boston’s city charter, Janey’s position as council president makes her the automatic replacement if Mayor Marty Walsh steps down,...

In the middle of the January cold, Erika Uyterhoeven sat with the 27th Middlesex District’s former state representative Denise Provost at Somerville’s Armory Café, engaging in what would become a six-hour discussion of tyranny in the State House, a conversation that would...

Massachusetts is on track to reach its goal of cutting annual statewide emissions to 70.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide this year, experts say. This year’s goal, mandated by the 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act, or GWSA, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25%...

A severe decline in ridership due to the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the MBTA to reconfigure how it operates under substantial budget cuts — leaving frequent riders skeptical of the already unreliable transportation system. Forging Ahead is the MBTA’s initiative to recover...

Dr. Robyn Riseberg is addressing Boston’s health inequities by trying something new. On Nov. 16, the pediatrician celebrated the opening of Boston Community Pediatrics, the first nonprofit pediatric practice in the city.  “We have created a model that is based on a pediatric...

Born and raised in Worcester, Rep. David LeBoeuf serves as the state representative for the 17th Worcester District. After taking office in 2018, the 31-year-old –– a Democrat and one of the youngest in the state Legislature –– seeks to bring the different interests of...

On Nov. 11, local elected officials, Mission Hill and Jamaica Plain residents, among others, gathered at the Heath Street station in front of Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center to rally against the MBTA service cuts that were proposed Nov. 9.  The service cut on the Green E...