When the Long Island Bridge was abruptly closed last October, over 700 people were displaced from homeless shelters and drug rehabilitation programs on the verge of Boston’s coldest winter on record.
As of Wednesday, April 8, a set of twelve jurors found 21-year-old suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of 30 charges relating to the dual bombings of the 2013 Boston Marathon, and subsequent manhunt, which led to the death of three marathon spectators, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Officer Sean Collier and fellow suspect and older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and the injury of nearly 280 others.
It’s just after 8 p.m. on a Tuesday, and a massive crowd is gathered inside of The Vault, located in Boston’s Downtown Financial District. It wasn’t the bar’s usual crowd – from college students to company founders, over 300 people attended the Open Doors Party, hosted by Boston’s Startup Institute, a school that also serves as an incubator for innovation.
As of Tuesday, March 31, the trial of Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev approached a close as both the prosecution and defense have rested their cases. Judge George O’Toole, Jr. has set Monday, April 6 as the date of closing arguments and has warned jurors they may need to reach a conclusion by then.
A decade ago, on Saint Patrick’s Day 2005, a Northeastern senior launched his own company with the first ride of Boston Pedicab from Solas: Irish Pub in Copley Square to Newbury Street. Ben Morris, an owner and entrepreneur before he had even moved his tassel, now has a wife, two kids and a pug named Dr. Dre, but his spirit for his ever-growing business remains the same.
A classroom in the basement of West Village F was filled with around 100 people for this week’s Myra Craft Open Classroom lecture. A majority were not students but community members, listening to Boston 2024 or hoping to ask questions regarding Boston’s bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
After facing a reported budget deficit of $2.3 million, Boston Public Schools (BPS) announced on March 9 that it will change the free breakfasts and lunches they offer to students to cut down on costs.
The trial of Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev began three weeks ago, and despite the two years that have passed since the bombings, the first three weeks of trial have shown that the emotional aftermath is still felt today. However, the past week and a half took a turn in tone: focusing more on hard evidence and forensic data than on witness testimony. More specialists and agents have taken the stand recently to provide substantial proof for both the prosecution and defense.
State Sen. Jason M. Lewis (D-Winchester) and Rep. Peter Kocot (D-Northampton) have filed bills in the Senate and House respectively that would reform Massachusetts’ public records law. The Massachusetts Freedom of Information Alliance (MassFOIA), comprised of journalistic and open government organizations, has been calling for Massachusetts’ public record laws to be updated for years but have recently redoubled their efforts in hopes that these new bills will become law.
In light of recent criticism, Northeastern University made a payment to the City of Boston on March 2 through the Payments in Lieu of Tax (PILOT) program designed to help cover the costs of municipal services. The university originally paid nothing for the 2014 fiscal year.
