By News Staff
Boston’s night owls will no longer have to worry about paying for a cab past 1 a.m. on the weekends, or leaving the bars early to catch the last T.
In a Nov. 3 press release, Governor Deval Patrick announced a one-year pilot program extending Massachusetts...
By Mary Whitfill, News Staff
An audible sigh escaped the lips of Mike Lake as he straightened his red tie and adjusted his smile, one he’d been wearing for three and a half hours by the end of his fundraiser at the Cafeteria Boston on Nov. 6.
As he greeted potential...
By Mary Whitfill, News Staff
Boston police Superintendent William Evans rose in the ranks once again as he was appointed to acting commissioner, replacing Ed Davis who stepped down earlier this month. Since working his way up from a patrolman, Evans has over 30 years of...
Boston may one day welcome a new generation top international athletes as officials placed a bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics.
On Oct. 31, Governor Deval Patrick signed a bill into legislation that formed a nine-member panel to study the possibility of hosting the summer games.
By Mary Whitfill, News Staff
Rejecting offers from Northeastern, Harvard and Suffolk universities, Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced Wednesday that his first job out of the public sector in almost 30 years will be at Boston University.
Menino will co-chair the school’s...
By Khaled Alsenan, News Correspondent
Every day, hundreds of tourists and college students squeeze into tour buses to catch a glimpse of Boston’s countless historic attractions. By 2015, the brochures they hold will advertise the city’s latest innovation: a literary...
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...
