Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said the city tried for days to de-escalate the encampment at Emerson, and protesters were even offered 24/7 warming rooms in exchange for taking down their tents, but students refused because they wanted to be arrested. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Read original … Read more
A Boston city councilor plans to ask her colleagues to declare support for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas War in a measure edited to tone down incendiary language that stated Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The resolution filed Monday by Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson comes amid ongoing pro-Palestinian student protests at Greater … Read more
A Boston city councilor raised concerns over what he described as an unpermitted marathon that took place on city streets this past Saturday, with roughly 200 runners winding through neighborhoods without police traffic enforcement. Dubbed an “unofficial” or “unsanctioned” marathon on the mayor’s public schedule and the Race Roster site, respectively, 26.TRUE has been held … Read more
A Boston city councilor with a record of ducking key public safety votes and overseeing a budget last year that sought to cut millions from the police department left the room this week to avoid voting on four police contract funding requests. Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was present for the Wednesday City Council meeting, but … Read more
Police are investigating a physical altercation involving two students, one of whom was struck with an object and hospitalized, at a Boston high school Monday. Richard Chang and Stephen Cirasuolo, heads of the Josiah Quincy Upper School, said in a letter to families that the students involved in the afternoon fight will face disciplinary action … Read more
The sun had not yet risen and less than 6 hours of the new year passed before the city of Boston recorded its first shooting death of 2024. According to the Boston Police Department, officers assigned to District 11 in Dorchester were sent to High Street around 5:30 a.m. in response to reports a person … Read more
Outgoing Boston City Council President Ed Flynn said he was forced to make difficult decisions as part of his efforts to provide positive leadership during a tumultuous two-year period for a body tarred by its ethical and legal lapses. As he prepares to hand over the gavel to the body’s undetermined new leader, Flynn points … Read more
Outgoing Boston City Council President Ed Flynn defended his father’s “record on race relations” in the wake of criticism that’s been leveled at former Mayor Ray Flynn as part of a new documentary recounting the 1989 Stuart murder. Flynn said that while he hasn’t seen the documentary, a collaboration between HBO and the Boston Globe … Read more
Receive a disturbing text about something going down either Friday or Saturday in the Seaport district of South Boston? Boston Police says it’s a hoax. “We have no credible threat in the Snowport,” Sgt. Det. John Boyle, Boston Police’s chief spokesman, told the Herald Friday. From what the Herald can gather, some people online shared … Read more
