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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

On the evening of Nov. 25, the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center was alive with holiday cheer as 30 volunteers and program coordinators formed a well-oiled pie-prepping machine for the annual Pie in the Sky fundraiser. Held each Thanksgiving season by Community Servings,...

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

When third-year architecture major Megan Conte did not receive her absentee ballot in time for the election, she felt frustrated and powerless. Pennsylvania native Conte said she did everything right and should have received her ballot on time. Conte is one of several Northeastern...

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

Since high school, strangers have compared Nick Anderson, a 26-year-old chief of staff at Shipyard Software and a Melrose native, to Tom Holland, a 28-year-old English actor best known for his role as Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. So when Anderson heard of a look-alike...

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

The Boston Transportation Department officially opened the Edgerly Plaza, a pedestrian walkway, in front of Whole Foods on Westland Avenue Oct. 30. The plaza was designed as a space for community enjoyment, with several tables scattered across the strip of pavement for people...

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 audience interruptions. “When are you going to start enforcing the rules of the road?” asked an unidentified man while the...

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, but as compost. At the Great Pumpkin Smash, attendees took turns smashing their leftover jack-o'-lanterns, all in the name...

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 year will be the market’s sixth year — its third year with current sponsoring partner — and its biggest event yet, directors...

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 Mexican holiday that celebrates and honors the dead, believing their spirits return to reunite with family. The event took place at their...

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 to women’s rights. On Nov. 2, nearly a decade later, hundreds — young and old, men and women alike — rallied around the Massachusetts...

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 of the city, transforming into a meeting ground where attendees found opportunities to connect and expand their horizons. From 10 a.m....

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 Hall Plaza, unveiling the future look of MBTA trains and attracting frequent riders, curious passersby and public transportation enthusiasts.   “I...

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

In the heart of Back Bay sits the Copley Square Farmers Market, one of the largest farmers markets in Massachusetts. Dotted with pigeons, tourists and locals, it features farmers, artisans and other food producers. Despite gray skies on Tuesday, Oct. 8th, vegetables spilled out...