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Minding the Gaps: Boston City Council Gets Updates On City’s Bike Network
On Thursday afternoon, Boston’s City Council Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation held a hearing on truck safety and the status of Boston’s citywide plan for a connected network of safe bike routes. In recent months, the City Council has used committee hearings to take a more active...
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Councilor Ed Flynn Opposes Proposed McDonald’s on West Broadway
Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn is speaking out against a proposed McDonald’s at 474 West Broadway in Perkins Square. In a letter dated November 6th to the Boston Licensing Board, Flynn expressed his opposition to the restaurant’s common victualler license application, citing concerns from nearby residents about public safety, traffic, and quality of life.
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Boston city official pleads guilty to pandemic loan fraud
A former Boston city official pleaded guilty to receiving a fraudulent government loan during the Covid-19 pandemic. Reuben Taylor, 40, the former director for the Boston Municipal Protective Services, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In 2008, Taylor began working for BMPS, an unarmed security...
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Nancy Pelosi honored with Edward M. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award in Boston
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What Milton’s Special Town Meeting decided on the $11.75M Labouré campus, and upcoming Special Election
Town Meeting approved the purchase at the October Special Town Meeting. Voters decide in a town-wide special election on Tuesday, Dec. 15. Milton’s plan to buy the former Labouré College campus at 303 Adams Street cleared its first major hurdle on Monday, Oct. 19, when Special Town Meeting voted 168–45 to let the Select Board buy the property for $11.75 million and borrow the money to pay for it. That is well over the two-thirds majority the vote needed.
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Without a deal, Brigham and Women's nurses begin open-ended strike on Thursday
With thousands of Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses gearing up to go on strike again and march through the streets of Longwood Medical Area later this week, Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu made appearances at a pivotal negotiating session Monday. "We attended the start of the negotiating...
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Boston officials announce new housing proposals to entice developers
City officials announced a new plan on Monday to increase Boston’s housing stock by easing requirements for developers. Boston — like other cities across the Commonwealth and beyond — has struggled with increases in the cost of construction materials, high interest rates, and high vacancy in commercial buildings.