By Mary Whitfill, News Staff
Marty Walsh became the next mayor of Boston Tuesday night in the first open mayoral election in two decades. Edging out early front-runner John Connolly by less than four percent of votes, Walsh garnered the support of 72,514 Bostonians.
“My...
By Mary Whitfill, News Staff
Suffolk Downs officials are turning their gaze towards Revere after voters in East Boston rejected a ballot measure to approve a $1 billion casino at the site of the once-popular racetrack.
The Expanded Gaming Act, signed into law by Governor...
By Mary Whitfill, News Staff
Boston’s City Council saw little change on Tuesday as 9 of its 13 members were re-elected. Two of the four at-large councilors kept their seats while two the space left by mayoral candidates John Connolly and Felix Arroyo. Districts eight and...
By Mary Whitfill, News Staff
Superpedestrian, a Boston startup attempting to revolutionize urban biking, received $2.1 million in funding last week to launch the Copenhagen Wheel, a modern adaptation of the bicycle wheel that promises to minimize hills and shorten distances.
The...
Emblazoned in that traffic-cone orange jumpsuit, the “new” and imprisoned face of Whitey Bulger has left Boston wide-eyed as details emerged about how he managed to evade arrest for decades.
By Aneri Pattani, News Correspondent
A beloved American icon is celebrating its 75th birthday this year and it’s not an actor or a singer, but a celebrity of a different kind, one that is recognized in nearly every American household and beloved by children of all...
By Monica Cole, News Correspondent
It’s time to break out your parents’ old tape decks and Walkmans, the cassette tape is making a
comeback.
Indie record labels all over Boston have recently begun releasing music in this seemingly outdated and low-quality format,...
Tuesday’s special congressional election primary left democratic State Sen. Katherine Clark and republican attorney Frank Addivinola vying for the US House of Representatives seat left vacant by Ed Markey.
The Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority (MBTA) announced Mikheil Kvrivishvili, an interactive and graphic designer from Moscow, as the winner of the “New Perspectives MBTA map redesign competition” on Monday, Oct. 7.
Part-time professors across the city are looking to unionize in order to protect the labor and services they provide for their universities. At Northeastern, adjunct professors are fighting for wages and benefits in a movement called Adjunct Action sponsored by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
A recent wave of Internet companies are promising to match patients with doctors ready to provide medical marijuana prescriptions, raising concerns surrounding the state regulation of the drug.
