CityScore, a new municipal activity report, offers a way for Bostonians to track the City’s civil activities. Unveiled by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the database tracks and publishes daily statistics on the City of Boston’s health and services.
With signs that read “Black Liberation Frees Us All” and “Destination Justice,” hundreds of activists marched nearly four miles on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in temperatures dipping below 20 degrees. Protesters gathered at Joe Moakley Park in Dorchester and made their way to Grove Hall in Roxbury for the modern-day “March for Justice.”
Newly inducted City Council President Michelle Wu is no stranger to politics. A former assistant to big-name Massachusetts public figures – Senator Elizabeth Warren and former Mayor Thomas M. Menino, among others – Wu built her political resume before becoming the first Asian-American woman to serve on the city council in 2014. The News spoke to Wu about her future plans for Boston.
After nearly two weeks of widespread newspaper delivery problems caused by a switch to a new distribution company, the Boston Globe rehired to its original provider, Publishers Circulation Fulfillment, Inc., on Monday to help deliver papers in some areas. Delivery rates have improved slightly since then, according to Globe representatives.
Boston could become the latest city to ban the purchase of tobacco products by people under 21 due to a push by Mayor Martin J. Walsh to raise the age threshold by three years.
Shouting pro-environment slogans, a mass of roughly 250 people marched from Harvard Square to the State House on Sunday, calling on world leaders to halt climate change at an ongoing major policy summit.
Years before Rahul Sharma thought about starting a company, the Northeastern University graduate student worked behind the counter at a Starbucks, where he experienced firsthand the chaos and unpredictably of working part-time in the service industry.
In a letter sent to Gov. Charlie Baker and the rest of the country’s governors on Monday, the White House offered individualized data and monthly reports on the number and demographics of refugees resettled in each state.
Two popular Boston eateries, Roxy’s Grilled Cheese and Area Four, have joined forces to open a combined bar and arcade on Massachusetts Avenue in the upcoming year. The restaurant will likely be called Roxy’s A4Cade and will serve grilled cheese, burgers and other pub food with a separate area for the bar and arcade, according to plans laid out at a recent City of Cambridge licensing board meeting.
Billion-dollar fantasy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel may soon face a state-sponsored competitor. The Massachusetts Lottery has announced it is exploring the addition of daily fantasy sports (DFS) to its extensive list of games.
