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Customers at the FCC free market sift through a rack of clothes. Participants donated old clothes for others to take for free.
The Fenway Center’s free market brings sustainability and hospitality to the community
Kayla Goldman, news correspondent • December 28, 2024

Once a month, the Fenway Community Center, or FCC, hosts a free market in which community members donate used goods for others to collect for...

A Christmas tree stands lit up on Boston Common. Hundreds gathered to watch the tree lighting ceremony Dec. 5.
Annual Christmas tree lighting brings holiday cheer to Boston Common
Lawrence Brown, news staff • December 13, 2024

The 83rd annual Boston Christmas tree lighting took place Dec. 5 at Boston Common. Spectators, ranging from young children to seasoned adults,...

A sign for Hearth & Hug Bakery hangs above the space in the Boston Public Market. Upon opening the bakery, Natalie Hug began waking up at 4 a.m. daily to make fresh pastries for customers.
Hearth & Hug Bakery bringing a personal touch to Boston
Tristen Schilling, news correspondent • December 12, 2024

Hearth & Hug Bakery is a “homey, friendly” place, said Jesse Myers, a longtime customer.   Located in the Boston Public Market,...

The new Levain Bakery storefront in Seaport. The company originally started in New York City.
Levain Bakery opens new Seaport location, baking up holiday cheer for new customers
Kayla Goldman, news correspondent • December 12, 2024

Levain Bakery opened its 18th location in Seaport Nov. 22. The bakery hosted a grand opening for the store, advertising its new location on the...

Michelle Wu stands by as Santa Claus lights the Mission Hill Christmas tree. The event was the Enchanted Trolley Tour and Tree Lightings’ 28th year.
Mayor Michelle Wu lights up Mission Hill with Christmas cheer
Alexis Algazy, city editor • December 8, 2024

To ring in the holiday season, Mayor Michelle Wu visited neighborhoods around Boston to light up the city’s Christmas trees, bringing cheer,...

The Rosie's Place entrance on Harrison Avenue. Rosie's Place provided shelter, food and even computer classes to women for over 50 years.
Rosie’s Place empowers Boston women
Nidhi Prakash, news correspondent • December 6, 2024
Participants of the New Edgerly Plaza Launch Party wait in line for free food. The plaza opened Oct. 30, with the party being held Nov. 1.
City installs new pedestrian plaza on Westland Avenue
Yashavi Upasani, news staff • November 16, 2024
A customer peruses the tomato and apple selection at the market. Vendors provided shoppers vegetables, meats, fruits and hot food at their stands.
Copley Square Farmers Market vendors embrace change in a post-COVID-19 landscape
Laila Guzman Griffin, news correspondent • October 30, 2024
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Michael Creasey, Andrea Gayle-Bennett, Robert Santiago and Crystal Schaefer, commander of the USS Constitution, toss a ceremonial wreath into the harbor. The ceremony honored the men and women who lost their lives during the Pearl Harbor attacks.
Boston honors Pearl Harbor heroes at remembrance day ceremony
Sarah Mesdjian, news staff • December 10, 2024

The annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Program was held at the USS Constitution Museum in Charlestown Dec. 7 for a crowd of several dozen, commemorating...

A pastry chef prepares to cut the top of a pie. The proceeds from each pie sold provided a week of hot meals for someone in need. Photo courtesy Community Servings.
Holiday pies help feed a neighbor in need at annual Boston fundraiser
Cassandra Kromer, news correspondent • December 2, 2024
A USPS storefront sign in Mission Hill. Multiple residents wrote to city councilors in October, expressing frustrations around the delays, particularly in the days leading up to the presidential election.
Mail frustrations mount: USPS dismisses reports of delays amidst potential City Council hearing
Sarah Mesdjian, news staff • December 2, 2024
Anderson walks up after being announced as one of the final two contestants. He gave a short speech after winning first place and was rewarded with a $50 gift card and a bag of British candy. “It was a foreign experience, but it definitely felt good,” Anderson said. “I’m glad that I dressed up just like the picture they posted as well.”
Boston joins viral trend with Tom Holland look-alike contest
Jessica Xing, photo editor • November 28, 2024

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Two voters discuss the ballot before voting at the Fenway Center. Voting centers emphasized that the Massachusetts ballots featured ballot measures and Senate candidates in addition to those for the presidency.
Boston takes to the polls: 16 images from Election Day 2024
Margot Murphy and Jessica Xing November 6, 2024

Thousands of Boston residents took to the polls Nov. 5 to vote in the 2024 election. Across the city from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., voters hunched over...

Boston citizens vote at the City Hall Plaza Pavilion location. Numerous locations accommodating 22 wards across the city were opened to the public, from South End to Roxbury.
On Election Day, Bostonians remain cautiously optimistic
Sarah Mesdjian, news staff • November 5, 2024
Voting in Massachusetts? Here’s what to know about the 5 ballot measures.
Voting in Massachusetts? Here’s what to know about the 5 ballot measures.
Alexis Algazy and Ananya Kulkarni November 4, 2024
A sign that reads "Early Voting" stands in front of a MFA entrance as a voter walks in. The MFA and the ICA were just two of dozens of early voting locations available throughout Boston.
City of Boston hosts early voting locations across the city
Sarah Mesdjian, news staff • October 29, 2024

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A legal observer from the NLG asks an arrested counterprotester for their personal information as BPD officers take them to a prisoner transport van. Over a dozen NLG legal observers jotted down notes throughout the day’s activities and shouted their bail fund phone number to arrestees.
18 arrested at Men’s March counterprotest in biggest clash since first march in 2022
Yaakov Aldrich, photo correspondent • November 27, 2024

Eighteen counterprotesters, including the daughter of a U.S. representative, were arrested Nov. 16 as they tried to prevent the anti-abortion...

Members of the military carry flags as they pass the Old South Church. The American, city of Boston and Boston Fire Department flags (left to right) were featured.
Annual Boston parade honors Veterans Day
Margot Murphy, deputy photo editor • November 17, 2024

An American flag, hoisted toward the sky by a firetruck, billowed and overlooked Copley Square as numerous veterans and active duty military...

A Bluebikes station on Massachusetts Avenue. The city announced in fall 2023 that it plans to add 100 new Bluebikes stations around Boston.
South Boston residents voice complaints over new Bluebikes expansion plan
Auden Oakes, news correspondent • November 15, 2024

A presentation on a new Bluebikes expansion plan, held Nov. 7 at Joseph P. Tynan Elementary School in South Boston, was cut short due to continual...

A Mothers Out Front volunteer shovels smashed pumpkin pieces as a child participant smiles and watches. Volunteers picked up larger pumpkin pieces and gave them to children to smash into the pit again.
Pumpkin smash for a good cause: Community event turns jack-o’-lanterns into garden gold
Kaelyn McFadden, news staff • November 15, 2024

On the crisp autumn afternoon of Nov. 2, families in the Boston community came together to give their old pumpkins a second life — not as decorations,...

People sit in the food and beverage lounge of Snowport. The market officially opened Nov. 8.
Snowport, Boston’s downtown winter market, reopens for the holiday season
Nikhil Jagannath, news staff • November 13, 2024

Organizers and onlookers welcomed the holiday season with a ribbon cutting Nov. 8 for one of the city’s biggest winter markets: Snowport. This...

Candles and flowers decorate a shrine. Attendees of the Día de los Muertos event were encouraged to create altars for loved ones they had lost.
A celebration of life, death and native traditions takes place at Spontaneous Celebrations’ Día de los Muertos
Laila Guzman Griffin, news correspondent • November 11, 2024

Music and chatter resounded Nov. 2 at Jamaica Plain’s Spontaneous Celebrations’ Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, celebration, the...

Women hold signs and march across the Massachusetts State House grounds. Women and citizens of all ages joined the march for their rights.
‘I thought we had won these fights back in the ‘60s’: Massachusetts mobilizes for women’s march before 2024 presidential election
Devyn Rudnick and Janira Skrbkova November 6, 2024

In 2017, thousands of Massachusetts residents mobilized for the Boston Women’s March to protest the threats former President Donald Trump posed...

Festival goers wander Copley Square while staff supervise and answer questions. Musicians played throughout the event.
Boston Book Festival fosters connections beyond the page
Kaelyn McFadden and Grace Phillips November 3, 2024

Copley Square was bustling with excitement Oct. 26 as the Boston Book Festival drew in bibliophiles and literary enthusiasts from all corners...

The new MBTA Green Line Type 10 train sits under a tent at the Boston City Hall Plaza. MBTA engineers and workers gave tours of the new design, showcasing its accessibility feature.
MBTA unveils new Type 10 Green Line train, collects feedback from community
Asher Ben-Dashan, news correspondent • November 2, 2024

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA, displayed a mock-up of the new Green Line Type 10 train Oct. 29 and 30 at Boston City...

Festival goers approach the welcome table decorated with paper lanterns and lights. Spontaneous Celebrations ensured a fun, lively atmosphere by incorporating parades, live music and food.
Jamaica Plain welcomes colder season with 40th annual Lantern Parade
Kayla Goldman, news correspondent • October 30, 2024

Lanterns illuminated Jamaica Pond at Spontaneous Celebrations’ Lantern Parade Oct. 19 and 20, an event that has been a staple in the Jamaica...