Last November, the Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Initiative passed by a 63 percent majority, but some communities in the state – like Melrose, Reading and Wakefield – have voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from opening within city limits.
They climbed into trees, they sat atop porta potties, they waited for hours in the cold just for a distant view of the podium. They clapped through the famous musicians and listened to a ticket of renowned legislators, but they came to see one man put his hand on a bible and take the oath of the highest office in the country.
In a recently announced plan, Governor Deval Patrick laid out a blueprint to revitalize the debt-ridden MBTA with a 10-year plan that could replace aging equipment, add new stations to the T and extend weekend service to 2 a.m.
In mid December, Boston renewed its Rental Inspection Ordinance intended to enhance health and safety inspection standards of apartment complexes across the city. The ordinance, which sets new building registration and inspection standards, has the ability to raise standards of living for thousands of student renters in Boston.
In an official preview of Northeastern’s planned developments over the next 10 years, the university unveiled a series of changes that could increase academic space for students, but greatly decrease available parking.
Last Thursday Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Joseph Kennedy III placed their right hands on their chosen Bibles as they were sworn in as the state’s newest elected officials.
Boston, home to some of the world’s most prestigious universities and a huge population of college students, gained top honors in The Daily Beast’s rankings of the drunkest cities in the country this year.
For many Northeastern students, Parker Street is a road to Mission Hill, which, in turn, is known for its abundance of upperclassmen and its weekend apartment parties. But for Miguel Fuentes, owner of Fuentes Market, Mission Hill holds a bit more meaning – it is where he got his start as a small business owner, where he achieved and persevered despite tremendous setbacks, and where he invested in not only his own business, but in a community of people he holds dear to his heart.
Mayor Thomas M. Menino was transferred to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on Monday after staying more than five weeks in an acute-care facility at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for a host of ailments.
“We are happy to announce the mayor is being transferred to rehabilitation today to begin the next phase of his recovery and is excited to start working with a new care team to help him get back to where he was before this whole incident started,” Brigham and Women’s Dr. Charles Morris announced during a press conference Monday.
